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Anthony Mackie, born on September 23, 1978, is a renowned actor from the United States. He has gained widespread acclaim for his outstanding performances in various films and television shows, including 'Hustle & Flow', 'Kick-Ass', and the 'Avengers' series.

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“The choices that we make through our lives, the people who intersect us on our path kind of change what our fated destiny is. So some of us are lucky enough for the choices that we make to keep us on our path.”

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“Art-school girls are very nice.”

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“At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home.”

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“Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something.”

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“I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.”

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“I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.”

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“I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever.”

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“I would love to be a superhero.”

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“I'm a firm believer in people who love what they do.”

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“I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.”

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“If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.”

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“If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction.”

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“If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.”

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“If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie.”

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“Instead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor.”

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“Money always changes the game, when you let a dollar come between you and your friends, your cohorts.”

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“So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.”

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“The stage is my first love.”

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“There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.”

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“There was this rapper from New Orleans, Mystikal, who when I hear his music, I hear myself. Whenever I wanna get hyped, I put on Mystikal.”

Rapper New Orleans

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“With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.”

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“You never see girls running after engineers.”

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“Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.”

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“Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I’m going to do that.”

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“Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.”

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“I did this movie with Spike Lee called Sucker Free City, and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco.”

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“I enjoy where I am and I don't have a problem with being Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Don Cheadle, or Jeffrey Wright. They're not the lead of every movie they're in, but every time you see them they're really good.”

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“I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.”

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“In New Orleans, where I'm from, the average household income, with two working parents, two kids, a dog and a little fence is $16,000 a year, so $15,000 for a movie sounds pretty good.”

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“The great thing about it is, in Hollywood, certain people are very good at keeping their lives and who they are very private. I've never met anybody as down to earth and cool in Hollywood than Matt Damon.”

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“What was funny, going to the gym, you see all these guys who are just massive. There's no way a person can naturally get that way. In the gym, you meet these guys and you talk to them, and everybody's really willing and open to explain to you what cycle they're on and to help you get on it.”

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“I'm definitely not a muscle builder or a guy that's interested in being a muscle builder. It feels good to get back down to a normal size. Not like a hipster size or a buff-guy size, but just a normal, 34-waist guy.”

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“I work out every day just to keep in shape. I feel like I never want to get stuck in a position where when you need somebody with great arms, you call Anthony Mackie. That hasn't been the calling card for my career, and nor do I want it to be.”

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“As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be known as "put him in the movie because he has nice abs" guy.”

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“As an actor, the only thing we can do is play the truth at that moment. Because at any point in time if you play the future, or you play that you know something that the audience does not know, it kills the illusion of reality.”

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“I'm a firm believe that a man looks his best in a suit and I feel like in the late 40's people just dressed up to do everything.”

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“When I was in high school, I read the whole thing about Don King and he had this quote that said, "Set yourself on fire and the world will pay to watch you burn." I thought that was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard and I wrote it on my wall.”

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“Playing somebody who's real, you can bring all kind of nuances and things to him that you get from source material and things like that, but the more popular or known the person is, the more impossible it is. To get it right, that is the goal.”

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“Hollywood's a business, and until someone puts their finger on you and decides you're the guy who's going to carry that movie, it's not going to happen.”

Happens Guy Hollywood Fingers

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“Most of the time when you see a movie, the best character in the movie is not "the guy," it's the guy next to the guy.”

Character Guy Next Best Character

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“I love what I do. If I have the opportunity to do what I do with people I admire, it's 10 times better.”

People Ifs Opportunity Admire

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“If I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.”

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“I haven't been able to grasp the concept of putting your life on the line for whatever reason people go into the military for. Some people just want to pay their bills, some people believe in their country and some people do it because their parents did it, but that's rough.”

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“Practice your improv more than learn your lines. 'Cause there's no way you'll be able to learn all those lines in a short time. You have to realize what you know and what you don't know - and what you don't know, just come up with three alternate lines or improv that you can put in that spot.”

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“People fight for their regulars. It gets dirty sometimes.”

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“It's hard sometimes when you're in a regular high school, you just feel like the odd kid out. The great thing about going to an art school [is] it's kind of like it's all the odd kids. It's all the kids that don't fit in at their regular schools, because you're into something and excited about something that other kids really aren't into. When you go to art school, everybody's kind of on the same page.”

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“It's because the idea of what's cool is different. When you talk to a girl who goes to regular school, what's cool is whether or not you've been to jail, or if you have a car. If you talk to a girl who goes to art school, what's cool to her is if you do art projects on the weekend with your dad, if you can build something - out-of-the-norm stuff.”

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“I think you can only be outgoing when the person you're talking to is outgoing. I can be outgoing if I want to be, if you meet me halfway.”

Ifs Thinking Want Persons I Can Talking Halfway Outgoing

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“Even though homelessness reaches into the depths of despair, there's also a pride and beauty in it, as well.”

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“I'm not Martin Luther King. I can't be Martin Luther King. The only thing I can do is present what I feel the essence of Martin Luther King is.”

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About the Author

Born: September 23, 1978
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 60

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