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People don't come to Marvel movies for personal life subplots, no.

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Anthony Mackie
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: September 23
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
New Orleans
Louisiana
Anthony Dwane Mackie
Marvel
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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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I'm happy to be an Avenger!
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When I was in high school, I read the whole thing about Don King and he had this quote that said, Set yourself on fire and the world will pay to watch you burn. I thought that was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard and I wrote it on my wall.
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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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You never see girls running after engineers.
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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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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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Even though homelessness reaches into the depths of despair, there's also a pride and beauty in it, as well.
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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 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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Not too many people can say they love what they do and they really like the people they work with.
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For me, Christmas is about family, loving, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and comradery.
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I haven't been able to grasp the concept of putting your life on the line for whatever reason people go into the military for. Some people just want to pay their bills, some people believe in their country and some people do it because their parents did it, but that's rough.
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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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I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.
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Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.
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