If you look at my job, my union card, it says ‘actor.’ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.
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More Mr. T Quotes
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I don’t call up the press and say, ‘Look at me!’
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Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.
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Why am I here? I’m not lucky. That’s God.
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I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They’ve got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I’ve got to be conscious of that.
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My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.
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I don’t like magic – but I have been known to make guys disappear.
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I’ve turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I’m still a slave, only my price tag is higher.
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Back in the day, I would wear up to 45 pounds of gold. It would take me four hours to get dressed!
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You’ll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I’m just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain’t ashamed to cry.
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I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.
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As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely.
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I don’t have a problem with Hulk Hogan. People say things and do things, and who am I to judge?
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Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.
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Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.
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I get up every morning and say, ‘Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength.
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When I’m ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance of surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers.
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If you gonna wear the mohawk, you stick with it. You don’t just be dibby-dabbing. You make up your mind.
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T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.
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I’m a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.
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I’m a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.
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You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.
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I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have.
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God didn’t make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God.
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I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.
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I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.
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Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I’m happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother.
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