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When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street.

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Wentworth Miller
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 2
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If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time.
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I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick.
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I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks.
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My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities.
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I didn't come to Hollywood to get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection or to enjoy that kind of lifestyle, to go to the right parties and meet the right people.
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Nobody's ever asked me to pay for a meal before I've eaten it, I've never been pulled over just because I was driving the wrong kind of car in the wrong kind of area at the wrong time of night.
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I'm neither sexy nor a star.
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I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.
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