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The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their wisdom. Empowering women empowers us all.
Forest Whitaker
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Forest Whitaker
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 15
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Forest Steven Whitaker
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As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And then, as a person, I had never been to the African continent. So, I knew, personally, it would reshape me.
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In every project, I always look for the depth of humanity inside of it. I'm just trying to say if we can help in some way heal the equation with [Afro-Americans] what's going on with us as people.
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I think the biggest thing that motivates me when I'm choosing a part is a role that will help me continue to grow as a person and as an artist, and a role that will deepen my understanding of humanity, and my connection to it.
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When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.
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I do believe there's life other than on our planet.
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I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher.
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I'm just looking for characters that continue to make me stretch and grow and learn more about the human condition.
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It is important to make the best out of every generation.
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And God, God who believes in us all. And who's given me this moment, in this lifetime, that I will hopefully carry to the end of my lifetime into the next lifetime.
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In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully explore the stereotypes, and still move past them to see the core of people.
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There's a thing you confront when you're going into something new and you come to this sort of abyss, and then you push yourself. It makes you try different things.
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I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you.
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I like to play complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it's more interesting really. I've gotten to play so many types of guys and I just try to find the humanity in each one of them the best I can.
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I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
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Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.
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It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
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We have to not just open our eyes to what's going on in other places we need to open our eyes to what's going on right in front of us.
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I do look at that thematic of healing of humanity.
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I found the people to be very kind and generous. It was unique because the crew was mainly Ugandan [filming The Last King of Scotland]. They had never done a film before. So, they were learning the process of making films, but at the same time they were also helping with the authenticity of the film.
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I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.
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