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Hill Harper
Hill Harper
American Actor
Born: May 17, 1966
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I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at their lives differently, or give them an escape. Hill Harper
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Whatever your calling is as a service, follow it - that's beautiful. Hill Harper
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My parents both are physicians, and my grandfathers were both physicians. Hill Harper
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Since I'm in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, 'Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?' Hill Harper
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I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by. Hill Harper
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Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time. Hill Harper
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When I'm acting, that's all I'm doing. When I'm not acting, I'm not thinking about acting. If I'm writing, I'm just writing. Hill Harper
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Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair. Hill Harper
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What I've found in doing research is that men want a relationship that feels fun. In other words, they want a relationship that has qualities or elements of their same-sex relationships - just like women do, too. Hill Harper
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We're living in a time, unfortunately, where, you know, a lot of young men, particularly young men of color, being raised by single mothers. And their mothers so desperately want to connect with them, but I found, in talking with a lot of young men, that sometimes it's difficult. Hill Harper
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With my first book, 'A Letter to a Young Brother,' I figured it would be my only book I was ever going to write. What happened with that is a lot of young men would reach out to me. Hill Harper
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I'm really proud of the characters I've been able to play. Certainly, playing the character on 'CSI' as Dr. Sherman Hawkes is a wonderful stereotype-busting role. Hill Harper
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Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it's a positive thing. Hill Harper
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People always think about what prison is. What prison really is - it's not a physical challenge, it's mental. Hill Harper
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We all have inherited so many types of fears, whether they're race-based, culture-based, gender-based, age-based, family-based. And then we get comfortable with these fears. Hill Harper
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If you can't get excited about living life, then what are you doing? Hill Harper
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Certainly, those of us in the entertainment industry, we are part of creating fear in people - 'fear' for me stands for 'false evidence appearing real.' We create fantasy, and in certain ways that's wonderful because it allows people to escape. But it can suck people into wanting to achieve something that isn't real. Hill Harper
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I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy relationships has had on the black family and black children. Hill Harper
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Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship. Hill Harper
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There will always be crazy things that happen in our lives, but love is the central connector. If we commit to love and partnership, the other stuff doesn't matter. Hill Harper
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The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part. Hill Harper
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What's interesting is with a lot of the work I do through my foundation, the 'Manifest Your Destiny' foundation, we really encourage people, and we attempt to empower, uplift and inspire people to live out their dreams, live out their destiny. Hill Harper
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The longer you hold a dollar, the longer you hold money, the more valuable it becomes over time. So the younger you are, the more ability you have to hold money longer term. Hill Harper
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There's nothing wrong with wanting a partner and doing the things to have one. To protect ourselves, we have to say, 'I don't need one.' Hill Harper
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You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation. Hill Harper
Friendship You Build Anything Foundation
Even when you're out with someone, you need to get out of your head. And you can try exercises by putting yourself in situations where you may not feel completely comfortable, like going to a gallery opening on your own. Hill Harper
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