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Mario Van Peebles Quotes
Mario Van Peebles Quotes
Mario Van Peebles
Mexican
Director
Born:
Jan 15
,
1957
Father
Life
Me
People
You
Young
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We think birth is a miracle and death is a tragedy, but really they're flip sides of the same coin - anything born is gonna die.
Mario Van Peebles
Death
Think
Birth
Sides
Born
Miracle
Tragedy
Die
Same
Anything
Gonna
Really
Flip
Coin
When young people see movies like 'Gandhi 'or 'JFK,' there is an element of romanticization of these powerful people, and young people often feel a huge distance between their own lives and the lives of these social-change heroes. But the Panthers were flawed-up people from the streets, so it's easier to identify with them.
Mario Van Peebles
People
Heroes
Own
Young
Distance
Easier
See
Feel
Powerful
Between
Powerful People
Like
Identify
Were
Huge
Often
Young People
Movies
Them
Gandhi
Element
Lives
Streets
If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I'll get a lot of work. Too many young actors, regardless of their color, try to play an attitude on camera and fail to remember their job is to fit into an entertainment.
Mario Van Peebles
Work
Attitude
Entertainment
Remember
Try
Job
Black
Young
Too
Other
Color
Deliver
Fail
Box
Box Office
Camera
Lot
Fit
Office
Get
Any
Young Actors
Regardless
Many
Actor
Play
If you sort of treat the environment in sort of this mechanical, industrial way that there's a disconnect between man and the environment, it's very easy to treat people that way.
Mario Van Peebles
You
Man
People
Treat
Way
Easy
Environment
Between
Industrial
Sort
Disconnect
Very
Mechanical
There is definitely places in America where, if you're born into that environment, your chances of getting out are really, really limited.
Mario Van Peebles
You
Definitely
Out
Born
Environment
Limited
America
Getting
Where
Places
Really
Your
Chances
No matter what color you are, if you mentor some little boy or girl, you make a huge difference in their lives because they then model behavior that leads to success versus modeling behavior that doesn't.
Mario Van Peebles
Success
You
Matter
Behavior
Girl
Some
Color
Mentor
Leads
Make
Because
Boy
Huge
Versus
Huge Difference
Model
Modeling
Difference
Little
Then
Lives
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