Top 92 J L Mackie Quotes

#1. Not too many people can say they love what they do and they really like the people they work with.

Anthony Mackie

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#2. I'm not normal, Tate."
"I know." Her hand was working its way under my shirt, then touching my skin, sliding over my chest and stomach. "Does this feel good?"
I closed my eyes and nodded.
"You're normal enough.

Brenna Yovanoff

J L Mackie Quotes #1516478
#3. With being an Avenger there's not really a hierarchy. Everybody gets to make decisions, everybody's put in a position to save the day as opposed to standing there while one person flies in and saves the day and you're like, "Good job!" Avengers is really a team effort.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1513711
#4. There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1511996
#5. And eloquence, Henry Mackie says, is really all any of us can hope for.

Donald Barthelme

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#6. What I think is a really special movie is 'Black and White' with Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, which Mike Binder directed. I got to see a screening of it, and I think Kevin and Octavia and Anthony Mackie and Bill Burr all give such beautiful performances in that movie.

Gillian Jacobs

J L Mackie Quotes #1509007
#7. I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1499050
#8. So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1480443
#9. I'm curious about why there's so much honor given to death, when there is no honor in losing someone you love.

Mackie Burt

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#10. Never give advice unless you have walked the walk, because anybody can talk the talk.

Valencia Mackie

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#11. Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1357193
#12. Money always changes the game, when you let a dollar come between you and your friends, your cohorts.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1336327
#13. The stage is my first love.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1517007
#14. Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1308663
#15. I'm definitely not a muscle builder or a guy that's interested in being a muscle builder. It feels good to get back down to a normal size. Not like a hipster size or a buff-guy size, but just a normal, 34-waist guy.

Anthony Mackie

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#16. At Juilliard, I couldn't afford to have fun. I went to school and stayed home.

Anthony Mackie

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#17. Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1206459
#18. Music is a melody of words that gets into your soul

Fiona MacKie

J L Mackie Quotes #1205067
#19. One of the best parts of being a Guardian is that we get a chance to grow and change. We get to exist in both worlds. We know the secret of life and have the knowledge of death

Mackie Burt

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#20. I haven't been able to grasp the concept of putting your life on the line for whatever reason people go into the military for. Some people just want to pay their bills, some people believe in their country and some people do it because their parents did it, but that's rough.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1165147
#21. There were millions of different infinities and they weren't only measured in time, but in people. And in each one, I could find a reason to matter forever.

Mackie Burt

J L Mackie Quotes #1149157
#22. Universal love is the standard-sized socket that everyone can plug into. No adapting mechanism required.

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1137710
#23. We lay on the grass beside the cemetery fence, kissing and shivering. Her teeth started to chatter and I pulled her against me, which made me feel like a superhero for no apparent reason.

Brenna Yovanoff

J L Mackie Quotes #1132755
#24. Instead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1702562
#25. If the weeds are pulled out of the garden too soon, the too shallow roots of the plants developing around it get pulled up with the weed also. Time is what is needed before criticism can be useful.

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1849840
#26. I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1814044
#27. I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1812737
#28. I'm happy to be an Avenger!

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1805963
#29. I work out every day just to keep in shape. I feel like I never want to get stuck in a position where when you need somebody with great arms, you call Anthony Mackie. That hasn't been the calling card for my career, and nor do I want it to be.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1776400
#30. Jude kissed like it was an Olympic event and he was trying for a medal. Tait thought he deserved gold.

Pender Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1765588
#31. Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you immediately forget every performance he may have previously given, and focus only on the character in front of you.

Denis Leary

J L Mackie Quotes #1741588
#32. As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be known as "put him in the movie because he has nice abs" guy.

Anthony Mackie

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#33. People fight for their regulars. It gets dirty sometimes.

Anthony Mackie

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#34. It is a rare and valuable tonic to share insights, dreams and concerns with people whom you have never met. The sole purpose for such exchanges is simply to give light to one another.

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1727839
#35. It is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for certainty will inevitably be disappointed, leaving skepticism in command of almost every issue.

J. L. Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1715443
#36. Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1060847
#37. The exchange of words is a lot like a virtual handshake. Is the writer's grasp of the language strong and bold? Are the words gripping? Direct? Inventive? Sincere?

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1698635
#38. Paint right into the darkness. While painting in these conditions the mind shifts gears, engaging the unconscious. Unique 'insights' happen in the dark.

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1679213
#39. If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: for a statement to be true is for things to be as they are stated to be.

J. L. Mackie

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#40. If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1663134
#41. Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #1620344
#42. The sound of her voice was painful. She screamed, sobbed, whispered Hallelujah. But she never sang it.

Brenna Yovanoff

J L Mackie Quotes #1612232
#43. The Cutter leaned toward me, resting his forehead against mine. 'Fool me once,' he whispered, 'shame on you.' He pressed the bridge of his nose against mine, his breath burning the back of my throat. His voice was rough and furious. 'Fool me twice, and I will cut out your fucking throat.

Brenna Yovanoff

J L Mackie Quotes #1575553
#44. When I was in high school, I read the whole thing about Don King and he had this quote that said, "Set yourself on fire and the world will pay to watch you burn." I thought that was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard and I wrote it on my wall.

Anthony Mackie

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#45. The great thing about it is, in Hollywood, certain people are very good at keeping their lives and who they are very private. I've never met anybody as down to earth and cool in Hollywood than Matt Damon.

Anthony Mackie

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#46. I did this movie with Spike Lee called 'Sucker Free City,' and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco.

Anthony Mackie

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#47. I didn't get to be this smart by not being stupid

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #257818
#48. Most of the time when you see a movie, the best character in the movie is not "the guy," it's the guy next to the guy.

Anthony Mackie

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#49. There are many out there who proudly call themselves critics, but I have come to see that many of those critics have never tested their own skill.

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #487212
#50. If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.

Anthony Mackie

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#51. Hollywood's a business, and until someone puts their finger on you and decides you're the guy who's going to carry that movie, it's not going to happen.

Anthony Mackie

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#52. He walked round to the front door and pressed the buzzer for Mackie's flat. It was easy to spot; it was the one with 'fuck off' written on the nameplate.

Jay Stringer

J L Mackie Quotes #406440
#53. There are no objective values.

J. L. Mackie

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#54. Writing without words? Its not easy, I tell you! I stab the pen into my heart and let the blood flow. No more ink, no more words, no more b.s. Just me.

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #363662
#55. I would love to be a superhero.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #315065
#56. In the heyday of the Oscars, there were electric sparks flying. When Cher went in her fabulous Bob Mackie dress and her Mohawk, and Bjoerk with her swan dress. Then we thought it was bad taste; now I think it should have been the best dress because she stood out.

Andre Leon Talley

J L Mackie Quotes #304995
#57. I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry.

Anthony Mackie

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#58. If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction.

Anthony Mackie

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#59. For me, Christmas is about family, loving, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and comradery.

Anthony Mackie

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#60. No matter what life throws at you, fight with your eyes wide open to fight a good fight.

Valencia Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #223529
#61. We need a safe place, a reserve of truth, a place where words kindle ideas and set ideas sparking off in others, a word sanctuary. Poetry is this gathering place of words.

Allison Mackie

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#62. If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #195566
#63. Practice your improv more than learn your lines. 'Cause there's no way you'll be able to learn all those lines in a short time. You have to realize what you know and what you don't know - and what you don't know, just come up with three alternate lines or improv that you can put in that spot.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #189186
#64. And you, Mackie," said the doctor. "It's been a long time.

Jeanne DuPrau

J L Mackie Quotes #146918
#65. I love what I do. If I have the opportunity to do what I do with people I admire, it's 10 times better.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #117562
#66. Interlude with sunshine. Hello monday mein lazy freund.

Allison Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #77876
#67. Even though homelessness reaches into the depths of despair, there's also a pride and beauty in it, as well.

Anthony Mackie

J L Mackie Quotes #69710
#68. Playing somebody who's real, you can bring all kind of nuances and things to him that you get from source material and things like that, but the more popular or known the person is, the more impossible it is. To get it right, that is the goal.

Anthony Mackie

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#69. There was this rapper from New Orleans, Mystikal, who when I hear his music, I hear myself. Whenever I wanna get hyped, I put on Mystikal.

Anthony Mackie

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#70. With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.

Anthony Mackie

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#71. I myself find it hard to accept the notion of self-creation from nothing, even given unrestricted chance.

J. L. Mackie

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#72. I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.

Anthony Mackie

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#73. In New Orleans, where I'm from, the average household income, with two working parents, two kids, a dog and a little fence is $16,000 a year, so $15,000 for a movie sounds pretty good.

Anthony Mackie

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#74. What was funny, going to the gym, you see all these guys who are just massive. There's no way a person can naturally get that way. In the gym, you meet these guys and you talk to them, and everybody's really willing and open to explain to you what cycle they're on and to help you get on it.

Anthony Mackie

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#75. You never see girls running after engineers.

Anthony Mackie

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#76. The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god.

J. L. Mackie

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#77. I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

Anthony Mackie

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#78. The choices that we make through our lives, the people who intersect us on our path kind of change what our fated destiny is. So some of us are lucky enough for the choices that we make to keep us on our path.

Anthony Mackie

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#79. People don't come to Marvel movies for personal life subplots, no.

Anthony Mackie

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#80. If you hurt me, Bailey, I'll hurt you. Ask the bitch under my bed." "I'm

Mackie Malone

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#81. Take God's word literally for what is written - nothing less or nothing more.

Valencia Mackie

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#82. As an actor, the only thing we can do is play the truth at that moment. Because at any point in time if you play the future, or you play that you know something that the audience does not know, it kills the illusion of reality.

Anthony Mackie

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#83. I'm not Martin Luther King. I can't be Martin Luther King. The only thing I can do is present what I feel the essence of Martin Luther King is.

Anthony Mackie

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#84. Art-school girls are very nice.

Anthony Mackie

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#85. You know, darkness is a funny thing. Little by little, it creeps up on you and before you know it, you can't escape it

Mackie Burt

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#86. I'm a firm believe that a man looks his best in a suit and I feel like in the late 40's people just dressed up to do everything.

Anthony Mackie

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#87. Sharing words with someone you have never met is like observing a shadow, without seeing the whole person; the place where my shadow touches theirs, is the place where our words meet, and it is in that place where wonderful exchanges can take place.

Allison Mackie

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#88. I think you can only be outgoing when the person you're talking to is outgoing. I can be outgoing if I want to be, if you meet me halfway.

Anthony Mackie

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#89. I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.

Anthony Mackie

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#90. Mackie is an electronics recording company backing me, and they're willing to invest giving equipment to schools that I choose, and they've already started doing that.

Meredith Brooks

J L Mackie Quotes #592441
#91. I'm a firm believer in people who love what they do.

Anthony Mackie

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#92. I enjoy where I am and I don't have a problem with being Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Don Cheadle, or Jeffrey Wright. They're not the lead of every movie they're in, but every time you see them they're really good.

Anthony Mackie

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