I mean, the unfair treatment of women and black people and Indians and other groups, that's real. Mistreatment of other people because 'I'm better than you are' is such a sad part of the world.
I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.
Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
I'm an American chef. I'm American. I live here. I love being here. But, of course, it is different. A black man's journey is different.
I love eye makeup. I really like doing a cat eye, playing with liquid liners and different colors of liners, like emerald and deep blues, combining them with black.
Who cares if your outfit is black and you're sporting a brown belt? Wear it, rock it, love it - and others will, too. Nothing beats a belt.
I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.
Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go to the bar on the corner and hear music. It was available for a fifteen cent beer.
Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.
One motivation for the 'Soul Train' awards was the grumbling that all of us in the industry have heard about the way black music tends to be viewed as a secondary phenomenon by the other awards shows.
And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud.
The white men of the South had better make up their minds that the blacks will remain in the South just as long as corn will tassel and cotton will bloom into whiteness.
What really matters is that 'Black Swan' deploys and exaggerates all the cliches of earlier ballet movies, especially 'The Red Shoes,' another tale of a ballerina driven mad and suicidal.
Pilla: Colonel, they're shooting at us! Colonel, they're shooting at us! McKnight: Well shoot back!
Eversmann: Nobody asks to be a hero, it just sometimes turns out that way.
McKnight: [while the convoy is under heavy fire going through a raided street] Motherfuckers! Motherfuckers!
[last lines] Thomas Leroy: Nina, what did you do? Nina: I felt it. Perfect. I was perfect.
Nina: [on the phone] He picked me, mommy! I'm the new swan queen!
Nina: Should I go again? Thomas Leroy: No thanks Nina! I've seen enough.
Sean Tuohy: Who would've thought we'd have a black son before we met a Democrat?
I feel like decades ago it was either you're black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities.
