The World Motivation
When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.
“When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.”
When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.
Some Marine units actually use 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in their training programs.
The two lines from 'Roots' that stick out to me are, 'You no more in Africa. You in America now,' and what I said after Kunta escaped: 'What is it like to be free, Kunta? It must be something.'
Working on the ABC movie 'Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige,'' which we filmed in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was a special pleasure, particularly because I'd played baseball in high school.
I couldn't believe it when Penguin offered me the chance to publish a book.
The reality is if you were going to die tomorrow, and someone offered you another 10 years, most people would take those 10 years.
I had good skills, but my lack of size and speed kept me a little behind the best kids in the other sports. Golf offered a more level field. I would have rather played other sports, but golf picked me.
One day, a photographer living in our building came up to my mom and asked her if I would like to model. After a few days, I was offered a Kannada film, 'Chiru,' which was a lot of fun. But I had to complete my studies, so I went back to college.
The worst resentment that anybody can have is one you feel justified to keep.
When I saw the 'Geronimo' script and was offered the part, it was overwhelming in that it brought back all of those feelings - made me feel what it's like to be in those shoes, the same shoes Geronimo himself might have been in.