I’m in the booth and first of all, I’m from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life.
BORIS KODJOESometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn’t need a man. I think that’s wrong. I think we all need someone.
More Boris Kodjoe Quotes
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Colloquialism is the toughest part of what we do, as foreign actors, because there are certain sayings that you guys have that absolutely don’t make any sense.
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I’m always an entrepreneur, but I’d probably be a teacher. I like teaching kids, whether that’s tennis on the courts or history in the classroom.
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I had to study acting to basically educate myself.
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I’m the same person. I don’t put on a face. I’m the same guy every time you see me.
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I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently.
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I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off into the sunset thing that people wanted me to play after Brown Sugar.
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My love for you is past the mind, beyond my heart, and into my soul.
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Everybody goes through obstacles and problems and issues and turn their backs on people that we are fond of and love just because we hurt; and everybody goes through that.
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We have relationships and know the exact outcome with that person because we don’t deal with ourselves and don’t deal with our issues and end up being attracted to the same person or the person is attracted to our energy.
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As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.
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I don’t care if you are religious or not and I think the message is that at the end of the day, everybody has to mature and everybody has to heal and mend their own injuries, emotional injuries, on their own pace.
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It’s a tremendous honor to be asked to carry a show.
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I don’t need a gym. You can do a lot without the gym, so that’s what I’ve chosen to do.
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Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.
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You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that’s what me and my wife have. We don’t need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it’s important to educate the kids with that.
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