Reddick Quotes

#1. Usually writers are behind the scenes. Like a lot of people don't know that the cat who created Final Destination is a brother, Jeffrey Reddick.

Kevin Grevioux

#2. You either get better, or you don't progress.

Lance Reddick

#3. 'Pigeonholed' isn't the right word, because I feel like I've had a very wide range of characters that I've been allowed to play.

Lance Reddick

#4. As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.

Lance Reddick

#5. Jessica," he whispered,
"arguing with you is one of my favorite things to do.

Penny Reid

#6. 'The Wire' really drew on a lot of real-life situations and real-life organizations - it created fiction to make a social statement about reality.

Lance Reddick

#7. If we lose our optimism, we lose our greatest power to make things better.

Gary Edward Gedall

#8. We've changed in the sense that we flipped - and this is no longer the Republican party of Lincoln. This is the party of suppression.

Andrew Young

#9. I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something different.

Lance Reddick

#10. Art is art, and journalism is journalism.

Lance Reddick

#11. When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.

Lance Reddick

#12. My future's about trying to be a better man.

Terrence Howard

#13. It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

Lance Reddick

#14. We decorate our rooms with our dreams for the future,

Jeffrey Reddick

#15. From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast.

Lance Reddick

#16. One should not believe too easily in a life which can easily vanish.

James Salter

#17. If you can't talk about, write about it!

Tracey Reddick

#18. I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.

Lance Reddick

#19. Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.

Lance Reddick

#20. His voice took on a thick silkiness to it that made her want to press her body closer. "Octavia, you are welcome to touch any part of my body you wish. Just be careful of what you start. Once I lay claim to something, or someone, I will not part with it or them willingly." - Kade Egon

Sunshine Taylor Reddick

#21. I am always happy to use my song and dance training.

Tamara Tunie

#22. I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.

Lance Reddick

#23. If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

Lance Reddick

#24. You don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It's hard for a black artist to cross over to rock music.

Lance Reddick

#25. I'm an artist at heart.

Lance Reddick

#26. I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.

Lance Reddick

#27. Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

Lance Reddick

#28. Of course, C proved indispensible to the developers of all its alternatives. Dig down through enough implementation layers under any of the other languages surveyed here and you will find a core implemented in pure, portable C

Eric S. Raymond

#29. The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Ronald Reagan

#30. Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.

Lance Reddick

#31. Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.

Lance Reddick

#32. Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.

Lance Reddick

#33. The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry.

Lance Reddick

#34. I believe that life is full of tragedy. Some lives more than others. But I also believe that comfort can be found with the people that love you . . . if you're willing to let them give it.

Eliza Maxwell

#35. The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

Paul Cezanne

#36. 17. Butterfly
A butterfly fluttered its wings in a wind thick with the smell of seaweed. His dry lips felt the touch of the butterfly for the briefest instant, yet the wisp of wing dust still shone on his lips years later.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

#37. I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.

Lance Reddick

#38. When he left us, he stole all the words.

Alex George

#39. When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.

Lance Reddick