Michael Clarke Duncan Quotes

• I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want
  to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than
  anything else, and dont let anybody tell you that you cannot do it
  because you can.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Believe, Successful, Actors

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• Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Want, Stuck, Ifs

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• When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Reason, Happens, Happens For A Reason

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• Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Morning, Sleep, Night

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• The person that's always talkin', you don't have to worry about that person. The person that while you're in his face, he's just lookin' at you with a smile on his face, that's the guy you worry about.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Smile, Worry, Guy

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• People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Mean, People, Opinion

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• I believe that teachers committed to the community are the ones who deserve to earn the top dollar, a starting salary of a quarter million dollars a year.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Teacher, Believe, Years

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• I don't like it when someone can look you in the eye and lie to you, or pretend that they're more than you.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Lying, Eye, Looks

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• Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Beautiful, Land, People

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• Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  People, Looks, Actors

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• I'm the biggest sports fan there is, I love sports, but I'm still convinced that it's teachers who deserve the big salaries, not athletes.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Sports, Teacher, Athlete

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• You gotta remember I was homeless. Whenever I think I have something to complain about. I go outside, walk across the street and look at my home, and remind myself of the time I was living on the damn lakefront in a car full of garbage bags with clothes, and ask myself, "What do you possibly have to be upset about?" I have nothing to complain about.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Home, Thinking, Clothes

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• I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Real, Talking, Names

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• I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Sexy, Guy, Weight

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• So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Mother, Giving Up, Believe

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• My best advice about working in Hollywood is: Save your money!

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Advice, Hollywood, Best Advice

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• A lot of kids think they can just go to Hollywood and become an actor or actress. It's not that easy. There are millions of kids who come out here wanting to act. So, you have to have a plan, and you have to stick with that plan, because it's not going to be easy by any means.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Mean, Kids, Thinking

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• I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Trying, Different, Roles

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• My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Sister In Law, My Sister, Used

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• I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Dream, People, Hollywood

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• I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Guy, Tough, Bigs

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• Don't depend on acting as your sole source of income. Work nights, so you can have your days off to attend auditions. Have something to fall back on. That's what my mother taught me, and it's critical in Hollywood.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Mother, Fall, Night

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• The government needs the help of industry. But the reality is companies will balance that against their own commercial interest in a very competitive market.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Reality, Government, Balance

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• I really don't have favorites; I'm just a fan of movies, period.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Movie, Fans, Actors

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• China has been a textbook case of how the government did just enough intervention to increase penetration, but the reality is that it isn't going to work for all countries in the same way. Culture always plays a role and you can't necessarily take what worked in one market and automatically make it work somewhere else.

  Michael Clarke Duncan

  Country, Reality, Government

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