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Mike Colter
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: August 26
Actor
Film Actor
Television Actor
Columbia
South Carolina
Mike Randal Colter
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You see a lot of Baptist churches in Harlem, you see a lot of the same kind of cuisine, the soul food - there's a lot of places that remind you of its southern roots.
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Part of acting is always just being available emotionally and open to people.
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Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.
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I try to stay incognito as much as I can. I don't go places that people would expect to see me because I'm trying to lay low.
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When you take the job, you never think about how many days you're going to take bullets. Sometimes you go on set and you're thinking, Ah, a day when I don't have to get shot. This is going to be a nice day.
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Luke Cage is using his open hand instead of a closed fist. It's a little disrespectful but it's very effective. Some people call it a pimp slap, we call it smack-fu. He's doing you a favour by hitting you with an open hand. It hurts, it renders you unconscious but you live.
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Auditions are great, and you definitely want to continue to make progress as an actor, you want to continue to see some advancement in your career. But when you get out there, you don't realize how many auditions you have to go on before you actually get work.
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Law enforcement has always had informants and people they've had to deal with, who walk a certain line. They're choosing between the lesser of two evils. They're befriend one person to gain access to another person, who's a bigger fish.
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Love, for me, is always wanting the best for the other person even if it's not what's best for you.
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It's hard to articulate what everybody else is feeling.
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When you're casting, you get a page or two - just enough to do the scene. Now that you're in the world, you get the whole script.
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I've learned over the years, when someone is complaining or wants to vent and has something they want to tell you, they don't necessarily want you to fix it.
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Tequila is my drink. It is my favorite alcohol, my favorite liquor because, you know, it's a stimulant and not a depressant. If I go to a party and everyone's been drinking and I don't have time to really catch up - I'm not trying to get drunk but I want to feel good - I drink tequila.
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I haven't had ice-cream in a year, although I did have a slice of pizza. People don't realise that when you're shooting a movie it's only three months to get in shape for.
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As long as I didn't have to put on the tiara and the chains and the big yellow shirt for the whole series, I was up for anything.
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I don't have social media so I'm kind of in a bubble, but I hear there's a lot going on.
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I've never really been into doing a lot of social media, but it's a great way for people to talk amongst themselves on a large platform and to have a large conversation with people who also enjoy the same thing.
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I'm actually filming all the time, and I don't have much time to do anything. I've always been that way.
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I'm embarrassed to say that I don't have a lot of hobbies. It's not because I don't have interests, it's just that I don't have the time.
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As an actor you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled.
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