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.
BORIS KODJOEI had to study acting to basically educate myself.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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 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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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 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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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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Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.
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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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Let’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.
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