Arsenio Hall Quotes

• My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first.

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• At one point in my career, while still hosting ‘The Arsenio Hall Show,’ I was told by my doctor that it might not be physically possible for me to have children.

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• My name is Arsenio. That’s a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy.

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• I’ve never understood what the upside of marriage would be for me personally.

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• I love being in a relationship, but marriage isn’t for me.

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• I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I’d ever have. I’d been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment.

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• I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn’t want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don’t answer.

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• My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in theatre, and said ‘Mom, I have to choose my own destiny. I want to be an actor.’ A couple of weeks after I graduated college I called my mother up and said ‘Can I borrow $200?’ and she said ‘Why don’t you act like you’ve got $200.’

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• You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!

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• I don’t possess a lot of self-confidence. I’m an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

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• I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

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Arsenio Hall (11)

Birth:	12th February, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Talk Show Host

About

Arsenio Hall  was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He  is an American comedian and talk show host. He is best known for hosting The Arsenio Hall Show, a late-night talk show that ran from 1989 until 1994, and a revival of the same show from 2013-2014. Other television shows and films Hall has appeared in are Martial Law, Star Search (host), Coming to America and Harlem Nights. Hall is also known for his appearance as Alan Thicke's sidekick on the talk show Thicke of the Night. In 2012, Hall was the winning contestant on NBC's reality-competition game show Celebrity Apprentice 5. He graduated from Warrensville Heights High School in Warrensville Heights, Ohio in 1973. He then transferred to and graduated from Kent State University in 1977.

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Births

• 1930 - Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall
• 1961 - Mariel Hemingway
• 1976 - Ville Valo
• 1932 - Robert Vaughan
• 1984 - Scarlett Johansson

Deaths

• 2001 - Norman Granz
• 1988 - Luis Barragan
• 1774 - Robert Clive
• 1997 - Michael Hutchence
• 1902 - Walter Reed