It’s a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEI just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I’m looking for,
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What I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense.
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So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors.
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The actual fights themselves are very demanding.
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I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I’m going to play it. That’s about it.
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So you really, really have to stay supple.
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The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off – I’d rather stay in character.
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And if it means you’re getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that’s what you’ll do.
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He’s got to have a bit of an edge, but that would be nice.
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When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.
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You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.
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It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements.
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It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.
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The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention.
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Personally, I love Toronto.
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. You have to make sure you don’t hurt or hit someone. And hit the beats, because they have five cameras
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I’ve never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up.
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I just said, “This is something to get on board with.”
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It’s the ones that deal with the inner fear, the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary.
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I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.
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You had that in the Carpenter version, and you have that in this prequel.
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Trust in your abilities and you’re the author of your own destiny.
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There’s always your initial trepidation about doing a remake, but that was alleviated by the fact that it was a prequel.
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The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.
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I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.
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. It has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.
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I just want to keep the diversity and the options open.
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