#be

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers? ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#barriers #better #child #erect #fewer

Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#because #better #coming #even #film

I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people. ↗

— Viola Davis

#accents #accessible #adjust #african #african americans

I think that's something that people feel that I do really well; I don't mind it, because ultimately I think the characters I play move people, and who wouldn't want to move people? ↗

— Viola Davis

#characters #feel #i #i do #i think

Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes - that's what it is, as an actor. ↗

— Viola Davis

#behind #i #i can #job #just

And I feel that filmmakers ought to be careful with the use of 3D. Because if you look back over the decades, you see that 3D has come and gone for I don't know how many years now. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#be careful #because #careful #come #decades

My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#because #bullied #confident #dad #great

My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#been #both #child #different #hard

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. ↗

— Peter Davison

#being #books #could #crucial #editor

For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative. ↗

— Peter Davison

#better #better now #i #indicative #instance