Quindon Tarver

There's a video that's been floating around on YouTube where [Baz Luhrmann says], "We were looking for a guy that sounded like…

— Quindon Tarver

I had met a lady there by the name of Laura Ziffren.She heard that I got signed to Virgin and reached out…

— Quindon Tarver

I was on set [Romeo + Juliet] maybe an hour for two days. It was in this big cathedral in Mexico City.…

— Quindon Tarver

[Baz Luhrmann] is funny, to be quite honest with you.

— Quindon Tarver

I didn't see that at all. I just saw everyone having a good time and everyone having fun [on set of Romeo…

— Quindon Tarver

I was 12, about to turn 13. [Laura Ziffren] pretty much knew she wanted to use me, so I just had to…

— Quindon Tarver

The story of the movie [Romeo + Juliet] is timeless. It's relevant then.

— Quindon Tarver

[Romeo + Juliet] is relevant when Hamlet and all of that was out, when [William] Shakespeare wrote it. It's relevant now. It's…

— Quindon Tarver

I even have some stories of people telling me how that song has changed their life, how it got them through hard…

— Quindon Tarver

I was really excited because I had never ever in my life done anything like this [Romeo + Juliette], and at such…

— Quindon Tarver

I kind of think that he [Prince] was pleased because he allowed [When Doves Cry] to be done.

— Quindon Tarver

[Baz Luhrmann] is very serious - he wants it done and he wants it done accurately. He was in the studio actually…

— Quindon Tarver

I've always been a fan and supporter of Prince. That's one of my inspirations.

— Quindon Tarver

I started singing at the age of 4, at my grandfather's church in McKinney, Texas. It was called Greater Hope Holiness Church.…

— Quindon Tarver

I had to perform in Dallas at the W Hotel. I was with my best friend, and I had walked on in…

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I actually got to stay and watch the filming of different parts of the movie [Romeo+Juliet]. I got to meet some of…

— Quindon Tarver

I guess they still show the movie in school, so around the time of movie showing, my Facebook inbox and my Instagram…

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Everything going through my head was like, "Just last month or so, I was just flying into L.A. and things were just…

— Quindon Tarver

I just remember him [Baz Luhrmann] making me laugh, and his accent.

— Quindon Tarver

[Leonardo DiCaprio] is so cool. He was one of the coolest, down-to-earth people that I think I've ever met. I've never experienced…

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[Leonardo DiCaprio] invited me into his dressing room, and then we went into his hotel room where we stayed. We shared caramel…

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I still have so much gratitude for being part of something so great that is still around 20 years later, played in…

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