Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.
MR. TYou pity the fool because you don’t want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won’t have to beat him up. So that’s why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don’t know no better. That’s why I pity them!
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I hold the door for the ladies – I’m a gent.
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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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When I’m ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance of surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers.
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I was mischievous. I wasn’t bad. I stole food so we could eat. My mother didn’t know.
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Don’t be getting sloppy drunk and telling them dirty jokes.
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Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.
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When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors.
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They used to call me ‘Touchdown T.’ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‘I’m going to run for three touchdowns.’ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.
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My gold, my money couldn’t stop cancer from appearing on my body. If they can’t save me, then I don’t need them.
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I am a tough guy.
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I don’t worry. I don’t doubt. I’m daring. I’m a rebel.
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I try to work out my mind more these days. I try to eat right. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I take the skin off chicken. But I’m not on no special diet. I like my steak and potatoes, ice cream, doughnuts.
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Obama’s not Jesus. He can’t walk on water.
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I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‘One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.’ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.
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I’m tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he’s not a predator. He doesn’t have to prove himself.
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