Words matter. These are the best Russell Hornsby Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
We are not apathetic in this country.
A lot of my friends and the people who know me know I’m a feeling person. I feel, deeply.
As a black man, so often you grow up suppressing your emotions and sensitivity.
I want authenticity. And rarely do actors – more specifically, black actors – get a chance to be authentic on film and television.
These are human issues. These are human stories. I think that’s why ‘Fences’ has been able to resonate and been able to hit so many people over the years because it is just that. You can’t run away from the racial specifics of it, but that’s just a part of it.
It is a distinct and an honor to work with the august Regina King. I would call her Queen King. This woman is one of our treasures. She’s an actor’s actor. She has craft to burn. She’s a craftsman who knows what she is doing, and she’s got soul.
I am not a person who just wants to be an actor. Do you know what I mean? I am an artist who wants to speak to people through his work: through his vessel.
My philosophy is to live below your means.
I can’t fake emotion.
Something’s always better than nothing.
As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you’re not.
My philosophy is to save, spend minimally, and buy things as much as you can on sale, never pay full price, and just don’t spend a lot of money at the end of the day.
Some people build fences to keep people out; some people build fences to keep people in.
At the end of the day, you have to find the humanity in you in each character.
In ‘The Hate U Give,’ I play Big Mav’, who was incarcerated for a number of years and is raising three children. He was a gang member but reformed himself, and he’s trying to empower his children, help them understand the best way to keep out of trouble.
I’m an actor of the theater.
Acting is a privilege, and I’m exceedingly blessed to be able to do what I do. At the end of the day, it’s all entertainment.
I subscribe to the slow nickel theory. You take a little bit at a time. You always make better of what you have when you don’t have best.
There is so much stimuli coming at young people, you don’t even have time to grieve before something new happens. We are desensitized to the issues.
I mean, of course, I love sci-fi and stuff like that, but I’m not, like, a comic book crazy guy.
