Mike Colter Quotes
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Law enforcement has always had informants and people they've had to deal with, who walk a certain line. They're choosing between the lesser of two evils. They're befriend one person to gain access to another person, who's a bigger fish.
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Auditions are great, and you definitely want to continue to make progress as an actor, you want to continue to see some advancement in your career. But when you get out there, you don't realize how many auditions you have to go on before you actually get work.
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As an actor you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time and consistently working and just be totally artistically unfulfilled.
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You see a lot of Baptist churches in Harlem, you see a lot of the same kind of cuisine, the soul food - there's a lot of places that remind you of its southern roots.
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Some people get divorced, they leave the person for a couple of years, then they remarry. Relationships are very, very strange.
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Jessica Jones is very unique, and we are all in awe of the response from the public. It seems that everyone connected with the character, and we enjoyed shooting it.
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Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.
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Things don't happen that fast in real life.
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I'm a very un-excitable person. I always take things with a grain of salt, I'm always very even-keeled, and I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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My family, they're not really that involved in what I do. Career-wise, they're very supportive. They're involved after the fact. I don't tell them anything usually until I'm finished filming it or mid-way through filming it.
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I'll get a nice little break, after doing Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Whether I'm in [his show], I don't know, but there's The Defenders.
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I've never really been into doing a lot of social media, but it's a great way for people to talk amongst themselves on a large platform and to have a large conversation with people who also enjoy the same thing.
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We pride ourselves on all being unique shows.
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I don't have a routine, but I have used meditation to just decompress and focus.
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It's hard to articulate what everybody else is feeling.
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Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people.
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I think when people talk about art imitating life, you're in real time.
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I'm pretty relaxed on what people should be able to do as long as they're not hurting anybody else.
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I haven't had ice-cream in a year, although I did have a slice of pizza. People don't realise that when you're shooting a movie it's only three months to get in shape for.
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When something tragic happens in the world and I realize that, for the most part, I am powerless to stop it.
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A lot of times in life, women want to talk, but men don't want to listen, and if they do want to listen, they turn it back to themselves.
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I've learned over the years, when someone is complaining or wants to vent and has something they want to tell you, they don't necessarily want you to fix it.
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Love, for me, is always wanting the best for the other person even if it's not what's best for you.
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I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and at the same time find something that for me as an actor is interesting and challenging.
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I respond to women who have their stuff together, who are in charge, who don't need men to do things for them. I want a woman to have her own thing.
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As professionals, we just try to keep the jokes to a minimum, when we're in a certain situation. When we're not doing that, we're joking.
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Never say "never" about anything, because if you do, life has a way of humbling you.
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I'm embarrassed to say that I don't have a lot of hobbies. It's not because I don't have interests, it's just that I don't have the time.
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I met some people in college and I kept cracking away until someone pointed me in the right direction.
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I rarely feel like I'm in chaos, but when I am, I usually [retreat] and try to find the eye of the storm; if I'm still and listen and don't engage, maybe the chaos will subside.
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