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There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students.

There are homophobic people in my family. They're deeply religious.

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When you're in a position that you can comfortably give, you need to pay it forward.

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I'd always dabbled in acting.

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Boot camp was the first time I got a heavy dose of discipline. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

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I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.

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When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react.

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I see a project, and I say I want to audition for it, and people let me audition for it. There's a lot to be grateful for.

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I can play a doctor, and I can play a thug.

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When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town where the arts didn't exist and the desire for education didn't exist and wasn't valued.

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You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up.

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But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you.

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I'm not an emotional person; I keep it in, and I wouldn't know how to get it out if it weren't for acting and writing.

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Although I can be a leading man, you wouldn't look at me and go, 'He's a leading man.'

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The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it.

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When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.'

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The arts are suffering amongst public schools, but also, minority theater companies are struggling, and I firmly believe in freedom of expression through the arts.

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At some point in my life, I wanted to be in a vampire movie.

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When you deal with Alan Ball, you're dealing with a person who is a genius in terms of how art imitates life.

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Anna Paquin is marvelous, and she brings so much experience to the table.

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My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian.

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Being different makes you beautiful.

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Fiona Shaw is a goddess to me.

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Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way.

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I rejected being a lot of things that I grew up in, and yet I didn't. I got all my tactics from where I grew up... I can talk about all the people in those environments more than I can talk about the teachers at Juilliard or anyone else.

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The ultimate part that I want to play in my life is Jimi Hendrix, so I guess I'm drawn to music even though I can't sing or dance very well.

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There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students.

Nelsan Ellis

You have to learn to not hate who you have to live with.

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