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Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green Mile (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and various similar honors. He also appeared in motion pictures such as Armageddon (1998), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), The Scorpion King (2002), Daredevil (2003) and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). His voice can be heard in films such as Brother Bear (2003), Kung Fu Panda (2008) and Green Lantern (2011).

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I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.

Different, Roles, Trying, Typecasting

I don't like it when someone can look you in the eye and lie to you, or pretend that they're more than you.

Eye, Look, Looks, Lying, Pretend

You gotta remember I was homeless. Whenever I think I have something to complain about. I go outside, walk across the street and look at my home, and remind myself of the time I was living on the damn lakefront in a car full of garbage bags with clothes, and ask myself, "What do you possibly have to be upset about?" I have nothing to complain about.

Ask, Clothes, Home, Homeless, Thinking, Upset

My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

Chest, My Sister, Sister, Sister In Law, Used

My best advice about working in Hollywood is: Save your money!

Advice, Best Advice, Hollywood, Money, Working

The government needs the help of industry. But the reality is companies will balance that against their own commercial interest in a very competitive market.

Balance, Government, Market, Reality

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

Mean, Opinion, People, Respect

Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

Morning, Night, Sleep, Wake

I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.

Music, Name, Names, Real, Talking, Time

So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.

Believe, Giving Up, Life, Mother, Taught

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

Big, Guy, Tough, Type, Used

When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.

Happens, Happens For A Reason, Reason, Say

When I get the chance, I'm at the theaters all the time, trying to check out the latest movies.

Chance, Checks, Latest, Movies, Theaters, Trying

China has been a textbook case of how the government did just enough intervention to increase penetration, but the reality is that it isn't going to work for all countries in the same way. Culture always plays a role and you can't necessarily take what worked in one market and automatically make it work somewhere else.

Country, Government, Market, Reality, Role, Worked

Don't depend on acting as your sole source of income. Work nights, so you can have your days off to attend auditions. Have something to fall back on. That's what my mother taught me, and it's critical in Hollywood.

Critical, Fall, Mother, Night, Nights

I'm the biggest sports fan there is, I love sports, but I'm still convinced that it's teachers who deserve the big salaries, not athletes.

Athlete, Biggest, Fan, Love, Sports, Teacher

Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.

Know, Knows, Stuck, Want

The person that's always talkin', you don't have to worry about that person. The person that while you're in his face, he's just lookin' at you with a smile on his face, that's the guy you worry about.

Guy, Lookin, Smile, Talkin, Worry

Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.

Beautiful, Gave, God, Hollywood, Land, People