You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world.

Quote by James Earl Jones

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The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should...

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New...

I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two...

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to...

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to...

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good...

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have...

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...