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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.
Anthony Mackie
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Anthony Mackie
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: September 23
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New Orleans
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Anthony Dwane Mackie
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I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.
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If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction.
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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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I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.
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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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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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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 happy to be an Avenger!
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Art-school girls are very nice.
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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.
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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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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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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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One thing that I've been very vocal about roles I take, and my representation has been very smart about, is that I didn't go to Juilliard to be Thug #2 in movies. I like to be challenged. I'd say that about 40% of the roles I've done have been written for white men.
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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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Not too many people can say they love what they do and they really like the people they work with.
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I'm a firm believer in people who love what they do.
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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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There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.
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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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