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Gregory Hines

American Actor

Born: Feb 14, 1946

Died: Aug 9, 2003

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I grew up in the '50s, a tough time for African Americans. I had friends whose fathers would openly say, 'Just bite your tongu;, don't cause any problems.' My father was not like that. Even in the toughest times racially, if somebody disrespected his family, they were in trouble. Gregory Hines

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I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work. Gregory Hines

Work Never Get Just Wanted Star

My character had been in the chair for seven years. He had gone through his anger, depression, drug and alcohol abuse. He had gone through everything, now he was up, he was happy, he was filled with his dream. Gregory Hines

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black. Gregory Hines

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It turned out to be exactly that, but more challenging emotionally. I looked at it in a more physical way, having to act in a chair and move around. But it really was more emotionally challenging. Gregory Hines

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You know the first time I sat in the chair I felt anything but up, it was very emotional for me. I had a chair in my hotel room, a chair at rehearsal, and I was trying to spend as much time as I could in the chair. Gregory Hines

Once I got to be about twenty-five, I got interested in the music of the time. I started smokin' dope, I started drinking, I started slowing down and trying to find myself. I didn't want to work in nightclubs. Gregory Hines

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I wanted to make a movie, because the whole life of the movies appealed to me. You work hard for three or four months, then you don't work at all for a couple of months. Gregory Hines

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I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance. Gregory Hines

Remember Walk Dance Parents Dancing Alive Could Talk Were Realized

I've had times when I've done what seems like a thousand interviews to promote a film that I'm in. I start to think that I'm the best thing that ever happened to the world, talkin' about myself for cryin' out loud. Then I come home, and my wife needs me to help with dinner and empty the garbage, and the kids need help with their homework. Gregory Hines

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As parents, we're human beings, too, but sometimes we're not as understanding as we'd like to be. Gregory Hines

Sometimes Parents Understanding Too Like Human Human Beings Beings

My father has always been my hero. Gregory Hines

Father Hero Always Been

When my brother and me got into performing in the late '40s and early '50s, it was a sensational opportunity to learn from our elders. Every show we played had a dancer, a comic, a juggler, a singer, an acrobat. I came to appreciate virtuosity in all forms of the business. Gregory Hines

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