Quotes by Tony Todd - Page 2

I get sent horror scripts every week and most of them are putrid. A lot of people think it's an easy medium but it's not. Not if you want to make ones that last.
Tony Todd / Actor
Scripts
Medium
Sent
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There was a period where I did do a lot of television, but the luck of the draw worked in my favour, as they were all shows that were either fan-favourites or cultist things.
Tony Todd / Actor
Favour
Luck
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It's weird how your friends chart things. First it's, 'When are you going to get a job?' Then as soon as things started to happen, it's, 'We're proud of you. You represent us.'
Tony Todd / Actor
Chart
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Yes, I would like to be involved in something that would hopefully be a blockbuster, but I'm interested in seeing new filmmakers telling new stories and to able to help them do that.
Tony Todd / Actor
Blockbuster
Involved
Seeing
Stories
Interested
Telling
Yes
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I was raised by my aunt and we bonded over the eight-o-clock movie on TV. We'd watch everything from James Cagney in 'White Heat' to Lon Chaney in 'The Wolf Man' and every Bogart movie.
Tony Todd / Actor
Aunt
Bogart
Heat
Bonded
Cagney
James
Wolf
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The work I did with Artists Collective led me to a scholarship at Uconn… It led to me getting a scholarship at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and a scholarship at Trinity Rep in Providence.
Tony Todd / Actor
Providence
Scholarship
Theater
Trinity
Artists
Center
Collective
Led
Rep
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I grew up a poor kid to a single mom, so as an African-American actor I have a responsibility to hold the mirror up and reflect our stories. I'm living the dream and also escaped the inevitable.
Tony Todd / Actor
Dream
African American
Grew
Inevitable
Poor
Responsibility
Single
Single Mom
Stories
Actor
Escaped
Hold
Mirror
Reflect
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October's a busy month for me. I usually find myself working but I also try to do one or two conventions in that period. Then whatever city I'm in, they want to drag me to their local horror theme park.
Tony Todd / Actor
Conventions
Drag
October
Theme
One Or Two
Park
Theme Park
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Whenever I do something, particularly if it's a cameo, I make sure that I have a backstory written out so that I can talk to the director intelligent and try to communicate a three-dimensional character.
Tony Todd / Actor
Character
Communicate
Intelligent
Talk
Sure
Director
Cameo
Particularly
Three-Dimensional
Whenever
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I've worked with directors who have done it too much, particularly in television, you know, 'okay we got it, let's move on, next setup.' 'Well what about, we could maybe investigate?' 'Mmm… no, let's go.'
Tony Todd / Actor
Investigate
Move On
Setup
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People who come through television, if they don't get distracted, they learn how to shoot fast. They don't get shocked. And if they know how to adjust to that and they think outside the box, then they'll be fine.
Tony Todd / Actor
Distracted
Shocked
Adjust
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It's very interesting that most of the roles I've gotten are grim, when I'm actually a very well-adjusted man and had a happy upbringing. I guess there are some dark shadows somewhere in there, but I'm a big kid.
Tony Todd / Actor
Kids
Men
Dark
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When I was a young kid, almost every other show on television was a Western. And some of them were part of my childhood, I loved them. Like, Rifle Man, I absolutely adored. So, I think everything comes in a cycle.
Tony Todd / Actor
Kids
Men
Thinking
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Dude, I've played almost every position except for President. When I did 'The Event,' I was head of the CIA. When I did 'Chuck,' I was head of the NSA. For a guy that's a hippie at heart, I don't know where they think of this.
Tony Todd / Actor
Chuck
Nsa
Dude
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Voiceover is probably the toughest of all the markets to get into. Everybody wants to do it because it's again three to five hours work. You can roll in there with your bedroom slippers and robe on if you wanted to. And it's fun.
Tony Todd / Actor
Bedroom
Slippers
Work Your Fun
Markets
Robe
Toughest
Voiceover
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I remember my first professional paycheck. I couldn't keep it as a memento because I needed the money, but I have kept some of the residuals that I get. I got one the other day that was for two cents. I might put that in a frame.
Tony Todd / Actor
Cents
Memento
Needed
Frame
Paycheck
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True story - When 'Candyman' first came out, my daughter and I were Christmas shopping, and people were harassing us. Finally my daughter puts down her shopping bag and said 'That's not Candyman! That's my dad!' I will never forget that, because that's when we really bonded.
Tony Todd / Actor
Christmas
Daughter
Never Forget
Shopping
True Story
Bag
Bonded
Finally
Puts
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It's not like I wakeup everyday and say, 'You know what, I need to do a horror film.' Statistically it's only like forty percent of my output but it's a great ride and the fan base is really dedicated and that's always cool. When you're lucky enough to be in a good one it's fantastic.
Tony Todd / Actor
Dedicated
Everyday
Forty
Horror Film
Output
Cool Good Great
Fan Base
Ride
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When Michael Bay called me, I'd worked with him before on 'The Rock,' and he called me and said, 'Tony, I might have something for you.' I said, 'Okay, you haven't called me in ten years!' He said, 'I've been busy!' I said, 'I've been busy too Michael, glad we could make our schedules match!'
Tony Todd / Actor
Busy
Glad
Okay
Schedules
Ten
Bay
Michael
Match
Rock
Ten Years
Tony
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I did a film in Nairobi, Kenya called 'The Last Elephant,' with John Lithgow, Isabella Rosallini, and James Earl Jones. So I was in seventh heaven, alright? About a year later I get a call from my agent and he says they want to see you for this project called Candyman. I thought he was joking so I hung up.
Tony Todd / Actor
Alright
Heaven
Hung
About A Year
Agent
Earl
Elephant
Project
James
John
Joking
Later
Seventh
Year Later
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You don't necessarily have to go to film school to be a brilliant film maker. If you are a good listener and you study life, and you find that story that is buried within each and every one of us, and you figure out a way to bring that out. And sometimes it doesn't necessarily mean money or winning the lottery.
Tony Todd / Actor
Mean
School
Winning
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