As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.
BORIS KODJOELet’s say black, the whole black religious experience, here, is very impressive to me, because when I first arrived I realized that people carry their faith with so much pride.
More Boris Kodjoe Quotes
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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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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 was a professional tennis player in my teens. I played mostly in Europe. I was top 10 in the world in juniors, and then I messed up my back. I had three herniated discs and that put a stop to it.
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I had to study acting to basically educate myself.
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I never dealt with fame. It was never a goal of mine to become famous.
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I’m in the booth and first of all, I’m from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life.
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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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When you work as actors in this business, you spend a lot of time apart. That’s why a lot of marriages fail. It’s not because of Hollywood, it’s because you don’t spend time together.
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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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I came to America because of a tennis scholarship. I really wanted to get away because I was really frustrated about my injury so my mother said, “Go to America for four months and just open your eyes and see that there’s more things than tennis.” That’s what happened.
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When I set goals, they’re more tangible than becoming famous. You don’t build a company or a foundation for fame.
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We are willing to weather the storm of multiple failures to achieve a goal. We’re so convinced in the destination that we are able to let go of the reins and give it to God.
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Sometimes 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.
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Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.
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I know I can act and it doesn’t matter where you come from.
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