Mike Colter Quotes

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• History repeats itself over and over again, but most of us have short memories.

  Mike Colter

  Memories, History Repeats Itself, Short Memory

  "Mike Colter: On Meditation, Good Writing, and Passion Projects". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Never say "never" about anything, because if you do, life has a way of humbling you.

  Mike Colter

  Way, Never Say Never, Humbling

  "Mike Colter: On Meditation, Good Writing, and Passion Projects". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Never take anything at face value. Dare to question and seek the truth.

  Mike Colter

  Faces, Dare, Face Value

  "Mike Colter: On Meditation, Good Writing, and Passion Projects". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Things don't happen that fast in real life.

  Mike Colter

  Real, Real Life, Happens

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• A lot of times in life, women want to talk, but men don't want to listen, and if they do want to listen, they turn it back to themselves.

  Mike Colter

  Men, Want, Turns

  Source: collider.com

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• Sometimes you meet someone at an inopportune moment and it doesn't work out, but then you see them again five years later and you're in different places and it's a better time.

  Mike Colter

  Years, Work Out, Different

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• I've never really been into doing a lot of social media, but it's a great way for people to talk amongst themselves on a large platform and to have a large conversation with people who also enjoy the same thing.

  Mike Colter

  Media, People, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• I've learned over the years, when someone is complaining or wants to vent and has something they want to tell you, they don't necessarily want you to fix it.

  Mike Colter

  Complaining

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I guess it's a bit cliché, but as an actor, I really admire good writing. There are a lot of great ideas out there, but it's the execution that really makes it work.

  Mike Colter

  Writing, Ideas, Actors

  "Mike Colter: On Meditation, Good Writing, and Passion Projects". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• In real life, people end up doing things because it's convenient and it works for them. You don't get up every day regretting what you're doing.

  Mike Colter

  Regret, Real, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• This show [Jessica Jones] was exploring the aftermath, and that is unique. You're sitting there going, "I know what happens. This is the aftermath." You watch her daily life and how she dealt with people, like new prospects for love or friends that were close to her, but she didn't know if she could trust them or if they were enemies.

  Mike Colter

  Unique, People, Enemy

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• I like to take a break, but at the same time, I think most actors are not very good at sitting around doing nothing because we like to work.

  Mike Colter

  Thinking, Break, Very Good

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Tequila is my drink. It is my favorite alcohol, my favorite liquor because, you know, it's a stimulant and not a depressant. If I go to a party and everyone's been drinking and I don't have time to really "catch up" - I'm not trying to get drunk but I want to feel good - I drink tequila.

  Mike Colter

  Party, Drinking, Drunk

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I respond to women who have their stuff together, who are in charge, who don't need men to do things for them. I want a woman to have her own thing.

  Mike Colter

  Men, Together

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'm embarrassed to say that I don't have a lot of hobbies. It's not because I don't have interests, it's just that I don't have the time.

  Mike Colter

  Embarrassed, Interest

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.

  Mike Colter

  Fashion, Color, People

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• Luke Cage is using his open hand instead of a closed fist. It's a little disrespectful but it's very effective. Some people call it a pimp slap, we call it smack-fu. He's doing you a favour by hitting you with an open hand. It hurts, it renders you unconscious but you live.

  Mike Colter

  Hurt, People, Pimp

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• I'm pretty relaxed on what people should be able to do as long as they're not hurting anybody else.

  Mike Colter

  Hurt, Long, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• When I find material that gives me a natural yet unique character point of view and has well - developed characters throughout the script, it makes the hairs on my arm stand up.

  Mike Colter

  Character, Unique, Hair

  "Mike Colter: On Meditation, Good Writing, and Passion Projects". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It's hard to articulate what everybody else is feeling.

  Mike Colter

  Feelings, Hard

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• The writers are very good about misdirection and changeups, and that's what's great about it. We always think we know what's going to happen and then they throw a curveball that you don't see coming.

  Mike Colter

  Thinking, Misdirection, Curveballs

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• As an actor you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled.

  Mike Colter

  Long, Actors, Want

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• We're dealing with that question now, in the media. How does the judicial system work? There's never going to be a clear-cut answer, but it's a conversation and a conflict in the community. It's not a white thing or a black thing. It's a society thing and a culture thing, and we've gotta figure it out.

  Mike Colter

  Cutting, Media, White

  Source: collider.com

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• The awkward thing is the people in the room besides us. It's not us. It's just the 20 or 30 people that are around on set, who normally wouldn't be on set. That's always interesting.

  Mike Colter

  People, Interesting, Awkward

  Source: collider.com

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• As professionals, we just try to keep the jokes to a minimum, when we're in a certain situation. When we're not doing that, we're joking.

  Mike Colter

  Trying, Certain, Situation

  Source: collider.com

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