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Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
American Actor
Born: Aug 21, 1932
Before Had Me People Time You
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The key to empowerment is no more complicated than what Jesse Jackson said, 'We are somebody.' But the 'We are somebody' I would like to be in the larger sense: not just the urban African-American but homo sapiens in general - We are somebody. Melvin Van Peebles
Key Complicated Somebody Sense Would General More Like Empowerment Said Than Jackson Just African-American Urban Sapiens Larger Jesse Jackson Homo Homo Sapiens
My life and career is defined by the constant pursuit of new forms of culture and self-expression. Melvin Van Peebles
Life Culture My Life Defined Constant Pursuit New Self-Expression New Forms Forms Career
There's something on Wall Street called PIG - panic, ignorance, and greed. Those are the big sins. I'm not greedy, I knew I was ignorant, and I didn't panic. Melvin Van Peebles
Ignorance Big Greed Greedy Panic Those Something Knew Pig Sins Wall Wall Street Ignorant Street
Making 'Sweetback' took an exorbitant amount of energy and time. Melvin Van Peebles
Time Energy Took Making Amount
When I got to Paris, they welcomed me and showed my films. It was August of 1960, and I didn't have a penny in my pocket. But they had done something very dangerous: They had given me encouragement. Melvin Van Peebles
Me Dangerous Penny Encouragement Films Pocket Something Given Paris Had Welcomed Got August Very Done
When I was in the Air Force, if I walked into a restaurant, in about eight or nine minutes the M.P.'s would show up and drag me out because someone had called saying that someone was impersonating an officer. Melvin Van Peebles
Saying Me Air Force Nine Air Out Would Restaurant Minutes About Someone Had Force Because Up Walked Officer Eight Show Drag
I didn't even know I had a legacy. Melvin Van Peebles
Had Know Legacy Even
Blacks had a huge role in settling the West, but you'd never know it from Western movies. Melvin Van Peebles
You Settling Blacks Never Had Know West Western Huge Role Movies
I said to my kids, 'Learn the business of America if you want to be an artist in America. The rest of that stuff, the art part, you could pick up in an hour and a half.' Melvin Van Peebles
Art You Business Rest Half Kids Could Pick Part Stuff Hour Hour And A Half Learn Said Up America Artist Want
I'm too short to play basketball and too nervous to steal. Melvin Van Peebles
Nervous Too Steal Short Play Play Basketball Basketball
Why not have fun, man? If I feel like doing something, I just go ahead and do it. Melvin Van Peebles
Man Have Fun Something Feel Like Doing Go Just Fun Why Why Not
In trying to cross over to the mainstream, some people stopped writing what they witnessed. Melvin Van Peebles
People Writing Some People Some Cross Mainstream Over Witnessed Trying Stopped
It must be horrible to do things that you don't like hoping to please other people, and they don't like it either, and you've got to eat it. Melvin Van Peebles
You People Other Please Must Hoping Eat Horrible Like Got Either Things
I'm not a normal director. You can't look at me that way. What's kept me alive is my technical skill at doing other things. Melvin Van Peebles
Me You Director Other Way Alive Look Doing Normal Skill Technical Things Kept
With 'Sweetback,' I just put it together a little bit at a time. I didn't do it on anybody's grant. I did it like any other young executive - by cheating and stealing! Melvin Van Peebles
Time Together Cheating Young Other Bit Stealing Put Like Executive Did Any Just Anybody Little Little Bit Grant
I've never been to film school. I had to leave this country to make a film. All they would let me do in Hollywood was be a messenger. Melvin Van Peebles
Me School Country Would Never Had Make Messenger Leave Been Hollywood Film Film School
My first feature, I made in France. There's a great respect for the author there - they don't change your stuff. Melvin Van Peebles
Great Change Respect Made First France Feature Great Respect Stuff Author Your
Personally, I do movies the way I cook: I put in what I like in case nobody else likes it and I have to eat it for the rest of the week. Melvin Van Peebles
Rest Else Way Eat Case Week Put Nobody Nobody Else Like Likes Movies Personally Cook
You've got to really check on what you're doing: check and recheck it seven other times to be prepared. Sometimes, people get carried away with the artistic-ness of the endeavor and don't quite have their game face on when the time comes. It's always a pretty costly mistake. Melvin Van Peebles
Time You Game Mistake People Sometimes Face Endeavor Other Seven Carried Be Prepared Pretty Costly Check Always Got Doing Times Times People Get Quite Really Prepared Away
Truth of the matter is, I can't even read or write music. Melvin Van Peebles
Truth Music Matter Write Read Even
If you give people something they want, they'll come and see it. Melvin Van Peebles
You People See Give Something Come Want
I went to a number of schools when I was a kid on the south side of Chicago. Melvin Van Peebles
Side Kid Schools South Chicago South Side Number
Me and modesty don't mix. Melvin Van Peebles
Me Mix Modesty
I have no illusions about running. I hate running. If I could feel as good as I felt at 30 without running, I wouldn't do it, but that's not the way it works! So - no pain, no gain. Melvin Van Peebles
Good Hate Pain Way Running About Could Feel Felt Without Gain If I Could Works Illusions
Our minds are not our friends when they realize we have work to do - they're our enemies. Melvin Van Peebles
Work Enemies Our Minds Friends Realize
What happened when 'Sweetback' made all that money, the studios were in a very difficult position. They wanted the money, but they didn't the message. This marked the advent of the caricatures which became known as blaxploitation. Melvin Van Peebles
Money Made Difficult Marked Caricatures Studios Advent Message Known Became Were Very Wanted Happened Which Position
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