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Hollywood is running out of money and in order to keep geetting a third financed, you have to rely on overseas funding, and in order to do that, you have to get recognizable names.
Romany Malco
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Romany Malco
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: November 18
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My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, Damn, I have to look within myself.
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It's extremely difficult to come across quality material. It's a competitive world.
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It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices I don't mean Black and White I mean people automatically assume because a film has a predominantly Black cast, that it is a particular quality of film.
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I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.
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My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art.
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I always try to get as personal as I can with the characters that I play, which is a reason why I don't play a lot of characters.
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I'm not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial.
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I don't want every fan I'm interested in fans interested in quality work, authentic archetype depictions.
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Being able to engage my creativity in a way that makes a difference inspires me more than anything.
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Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit of their greater good is what makes me come alive.
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An unresolved past erodes beauty in the present.
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I'd like to change the depictions of life, love, and adventure under what's known as the typical, overused backdrop of Hollywood.
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I worked for this company that repossessed cars. Sure enough, the day after I quit, they repossessed my car, but that would probably be my strangest job to date. You have to work your way up to become a hardcore repo man.
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I've lived in Paris. I've lived in the Slovak Republic. I've spent extensive time in England, and I've traveled all over Europe.
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For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing. How the comedy ever even started in my life was that moments got uncomfortable and I felt uncertain of what the outcome was going to be, so I found a way to deflect what I was feeling, or what everyone else was feeling, by creating laughter.
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I come from the best era of film I believe when people were taking chances on films. It's time for us to bring more truth to the story and not necessarily carry a torch for every Black person in America just tell a story, and a good one too.
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I don't drive an Escalade I've never lived on a mansion I live in a townhouse. Even with my internet business, when I was making just shy of a million and a half a year, I lived in the same house.
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Stillness empowers. Being able to detach from all external stimulants - social media, social engagements, TV, alcohol, food, etc. - and face our own silence is an enormous luxury that should not be taken for granted. The most rewarding moments in my life have stemmed from such stillness.
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Because I came into acting late, my references come from real life. That's my biggest inspiration. It's probably the reason I moved back to New York. I'm just a lot more inspired by real life than I am by depictions of real life.
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One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.
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