Quotes by Jesse L. Martin - Page 1

I want 'Rent' to last forever.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Rent
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I have plenty of Law & Order on my resume.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Law
Order
Resumes
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I'm romantic to the point of embarrassment.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Embarrassment
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I have plenty of 'Law & Order' on my resume.
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Resume
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Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.
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To Be Honest
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'Law & Order' was amazing but so consuming, I couldn't get to the stage.
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Consuming
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If I get the chance to be philanthropic, I want to help kids and teachers.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Philanthropic
Teachers
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We want to start a 'Flash' band. Everyone can play an instrument and sing.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Flash
Instrument
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I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Example
Humanity
Remembered
Shining
Great Actor
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I was in Rent, for Gods sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Dancing
Sake
Tables
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I was in 'Rent,' for God's sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Closest
Sake
Rent
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Go back to what's good, what's certain, what's always there. You woke up today. Just start walking.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Certain
Today
Walking
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As a student studying acting, I was always broke, so going to see any live theater was almost impossible.
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Acting
Broke
Impossible
Live Theater
Students
Studying
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I did end up becoming a drawer, a sketcher and a painter because of comic books, but I didn't read them. Not at all.
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Becoming
Book
Comic
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I'm so not a comic book guy. The most I knew about 'The Flash,' as a little kid, was the Underoos. I had 'The Flash' Underoos.
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Comic
Comic Book
Flash
Little Kid
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Shakespeare in the Park is one of the greatest gifts in New York City. You just have to wait for the tickets - and it's worth the wait.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
New York
Greatest Gifts
New York City
Tickets
Gifts
Wait
Park
Shakespeare
York
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I honestly believe there are good things happening in this world, and I'll spend most of my time trying to find them and bring them to light.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Good Things
My Time
Time Good Light
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Women do come up to me, and they tell me what they think! I've gotten great compliments on my eyes and my smile. But I don't see myself as sexy.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Smile
Sexy
Compliments
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I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Big Screen
Developing
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'The Merchant of Venice' is a straightforward, clear story, while 'The Winter's Tale,' as a general rule, is hard to present because there is so much plot.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Plot
Straightforward
Venice
Winter
General Rule
Merchant
Tale
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I didn't read comic books, growing up. I was more of a science fiction/fantasy novel guy. I loved reading Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'Tarzan' and that kind of stuff.
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Comic
Rice
Edgar
Tarzan
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson is probably one of the funniest people I've ever met in my life. Everything the kid does is funny. I think he tunes his life to being funny.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Being Funny
Ferguson
Tunes
Life Funny My Life
Life Funny People
Funniest
Tyler
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On TV, you never know where it's going. They may even lie to you about where it's going. You never really know because the scripts come in every couple of weeks or so.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Scripts
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The best decision I made at NYU was joining the Shakespeare ensemble. It literally led to everything I did after that. It gave me the kind of confidence I really needed.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Ensemble
Joining
Nyu
Best Decision Me
Led
Shakespeare
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'Law & Order' was so very interesting to me because what I got to do was explore New York along with getting to work with some of the best actors New York City had to offer.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
New York City
Best Work Me
Best Work City
Explore
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My biggest break wasn't 'Rent;' it was the first job that ever paid me. I couldn't believe that they were paying me all that money to go around the country and do Shakespeare. I would have done it for free.
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Money Believe Me
First Job
Paying
Rent
Shakespeare
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Teaching is a truly noble profession. It's sad the amount of responsibility that teachers have today. They're not only teaching kids: they're raising kids, policing kids - and they don't make a lot of money.
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Noble
Profession
Teachers
Policing
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This world is not one color or culture. Everybody has a story. To tell that story or see that story reflected through art is extremely valuable to the community. The arts belong to everyone and our work should reflect that diversity.
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Art
Color
Diversity
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As a child, I was fortunate enough to be close to family members who were - and still are - great storytellers. I was a gullible country boy from Rocky Mount, Virginia, and I believed every folktale they told me, no matter how fantastic.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Country Boy
Family Members
Fortunate
Gullible
Members
Virginia
Family Great Me
Boy
Believed
Close
Mount
Rocky
Storytellers
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Go back to what's good, what's certain, what's always there. You woke up today. Just start walking. Whatever it is, it'll pass. Time doesn't go backward. That's the one real blessing. It happened; it does you no good to worry. Keep it movin'.
Jesse L. Martin / Actor
Blessing
Time Good Today
Backward
Woke
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Jerry Orbach was the first person to take me to the Friars Club. It's a beautiful building, and you walk into these halls of comedic history and meet these old cats who could tell you a million stories about how things went down in New York City.
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Comedic
Halls
Jerry
New York City
Cats
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You remember what you go through as a kid, what's going to make you listen, what's going to make you respond. I held onto that. People who treated me like that when I was younger got every bit of respect and attention I could give them, because I knew that they were coming at me from almost an equal level.
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Respond
Held
Onto
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