Omar Epps Quotes

• You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can’t get away with.

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• Writing is the beast unto itself.

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• Whatever art form you’re working in, it’s crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.

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• We were all Romans once, I guess.

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• There’s show and there’s business. Business is a whole other beat.

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• The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue.

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• That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me.

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• People don’t want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That’s why they watch soap operas.

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• People are realizing that color has no bearing on what’s known as brotherhood.

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• It’s natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor’s director. You know how to relate to the actors.

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• If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.

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• I’ve never taken myself too seriously.

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• I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

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• I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks.

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• I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

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• Boxing, for me, it’s the beginning of all sports. I’m willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that’s something innate in all of us.

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• A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

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Omar Epps (17)

Birth:	20th July, 1973
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Lyricist, Producer

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