Quotes by Candice Patton - Page 1

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.
Candice Patton / Actress
Heard
Voice
Everyone
Deserves
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The last thing we need is women on TV hating each other.
Candice Patton / Actress
Hating
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We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.
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Silly
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I would love to do a non-musical Broadway or Off-Broadway play.
Candice Patton / Actress
Broadway
Love Play Would
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
Candice Patton / Actress
Shooting
Tv Show
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The world in which we live is diverse, and I think television and film should reflect that.
Candice Patton / Actress
Diverse
Television
Reflect
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I would love, love, love to do theatre. It's how I started, and essentially, it's my heart.
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Theatre
Essentially
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I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.
Candice Patton / Actress
African American
Roles
Television
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My favorite part of my working day is hanging with my hair and makeup team. They keep me energized and motivated.
Candice Patton / Actress
Favorite Part
Working Day
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On a superhero show, you have to have people who are really human and who have the experience the audience is having.
Candice Patton / Actress
People
Shows
Superhero
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I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.
Candice Patton / Actress
Alone
Being Alone
Energy
Introverted
Quite
Instead
Realized
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I don't really dig for answers from the producers and writers that much. I let things happen the way they're going to happen.
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Answers
Producers
Way
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It's so important for young girls of color - young girls of any color - to see diverse women as the heroes of their own story.
Candice Patton / Actress
Diverse
Young Girls
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First stop when I'm on set is my trailer. I like to set my stuff down and lock the door. Be in my own space for a few minutes.
Candice Patton / Actress
Lock
Trailer
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I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. We watched more cartoons and movies.
Candice Patton / Actress
Available
Comic
Movies Me More
Watched
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It's great to know that young black girls are seeing themselves on TV as leading ladies, and I'm part of that. It's just such an honor.
Candice Patton / Actress
Girl
Black
Honor
Ladies
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I try and stay away from my comment section on Twitter. But for the most part, the response that I get usually is very positive - and so it's nice.
Candice Patton / Actress
Comment
Nice
Trying
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It's not enough to be diverse in your casting. You have to service those characters; you have to make them fully well rounded because people are watching.
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Casting
Diverse
Rounded
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I didn't have an acting job when I moved to L.A. I was just naive enough to think that moving to L.A. was the next step after college. My parents were really supportive.
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Supportive
Next Step
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Geoff Johns, beyond being incredibly talented at what he does, he is one of the nicest human beings I have ever had the pleasure of working with, so he deserves everything that he gets.
Candice Patton / Actress
Human Beings
Pleasure
Beings
Talented
Nicest
Incredibly
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I get comments all the time on Twitter, and fan mail about how amazing it is to see me play Iris West: a strong woman. It's not really about her being black; she just happens to be black.
Candice Patton / Actress
Fan Mail
Mail
Comments
Strong Woman
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I grew up with Batman and Superman but definitely in a cartoon and a movie kind of way. I was familiar with DC superheroes. I didn't know much about The Flash or anything about Iris West!
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Cartoon
Familiar
Flash
Batman
Dc
Superheroes
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I was never once told to consider anything but my dreams. It's probably one of the greatest gifts my parents gave me, because it never occurred to me to do something other than what I loved.
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Greatest Gifts
Dreams Me Parents
Greatest
Loved
Consider
Gave
Gifts
Parents
Occurred
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I like seeing women defined by what they do and what they're passionate about rather than the men that they're in love with or associated with. That's always more important to me, as a female.
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Men
Female
Important
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For me, Iris West was traditionally white in the comic books. So, you know, comic book fans are very opinionated, very vocal. So it was very scary stepping into that role when I started the show.
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Comic Book
Opinionated
Vocal
Me Know Fans
Stepping
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I think it always makes for great television when two characters actually take time to realize that they want to be with each other. You have to leave it to the writers to know what makes great television.
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Character
Thinking
Two
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It's nice getting to play a different version of yourself. You sign on for a show and think you're just going to play one character for however many years, so it's nice, for an actor, to have a little bit of fun.
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Character
Fun
Nice
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Iris is the Lois Lane of 'The Flash.' It's a really special role. Knowing they were willing to offer it to an African American - Iris is traditionally white - I knew how important this would be for so many people.
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Flash
African
Lane
So Many People
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I don't worry too much about learning lines per se. The memorization is the easy part for me, usually. For me, it's more about working on the context, back story, intention, motivation, etc. Once that's in place, the lines come pretty naturally.
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Etc
Intention
Context
Per
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I have my insecurities, and some days you don't want to be photographed. You notice all of your flaws even if others don't notice them. Photo shoots also feel very vain because it's all about you and your looks and your face. I feel I work better on camera.
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Photo Shoots
Vain
Photo
Insecurities
Notice
Shoots
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I remember being interested in theater when I was in school, but I wasn't always engaged in making it a career. I was a cheerleader in Texas, but I tore my ACL, so I was out for the rest of the season. That's when I started putting more of my passion into theater.
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Cheerleader
Engaged
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As far as someone who I would like to work with - this is super out of the box, and I have put this on my Twitter - Pam Grier. I love her. I just love her fierceness, and she's kind of, for me, one of the first black superheroes. I would love to have a chance to work with her.
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Love Work Chance
Pam
Superheroes
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Luckily, I didn't have many 'day jobs' while trying to find success in Los Angeles. When I first moved to L.A., I worked at Bubba Gump Restaurant for about two days. I didn't even make it through training before I quit. I just didn't care to memorize all the different types of shrimp.
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Shrimp
Different Types
Luckily
Memorize
Quit
Types
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I think people love the character of Iris West. I think a lot of fans are also excited that Iris West is now African-American. They want to see her be strong and intelligent and a love interest - and so people come out in full force to defend that and honor that. And I think that's cool.
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African American
Intelligent
Cool Love Character
Be Strong
Defend
Love Cool Character
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I learn my lines in a few different ways. A lot of my dialogue sticks with me in a general sort of way when I read the entire script for the first or second time. Then, when I get the shooting schedule, I have a better idea of what scenes are shooting when. I then will focus on those that are coming up first.
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Different Ways
Sticks
Time Focus Me
Time Focus Better
Schedule
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'Heroes' was great, but I was like the sorority sister, the friend. So often, we as black women, we are cast as the best friend; we are rarely the leading lady. So for me, being on 'The Flash,' it's been so important for me to be the leading lady, to be the woman that is desired by the superhero, to be the hero herself.
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Best Friend
Flash
Superhero
Best Women Great
Desired
Herself
Lady
Rarely
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The thing that I love about The Flash and about superhero shows, in general, is that it's not about having superpowers that makes you a superhero. You don't have to be The Flash and have super speed to do the right thing. You can be a great reporter or you can be a cop, like Joe West, and still fight for the things that matter.
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Fighting
Matter
Superhero
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My fan interactions are really, really special. They're one of the highlights of this job for me, because I go out and do these conventions all across the world and meet all of these young girls - girls that look like me, and girls that look nothing like me, that are excited and empowered to see a woman of color on television. I'm really grateful for the fans that I have.
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Girl
Grateful
Special
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