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Nelsan Ellis
American
Actor
Born:
Nov 30
,
1977
Died:
Jul 8
,
2017
Actor
Get
Life
Me
People
You
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Being different makes you beautiful.
Nelsan Ellis
Beautiful
You
Makes
Being
Different
Being Different
Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities.
Nelsan Ellis
Address
Until
Domestic
Celebrities
Happens
Epidemic
Violence
It's hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students.
Nelsan Ellis
Education
Time
Discipline
Spend
Percent
Students
Get
Trying
Teachers
Hard
'Interview with a Vampire' is my all-time favorite. I also loved 'An American Werewolf in London.'
Nelsan Ellis
Interview
Favorite
Vampire
London
All-Time
Also
Werewolf
American
Loved
Fiona Shaw is a goddess to me.
Nelsan Ellis
Me
Goddess
I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene.
Nelsan Ellis
Love
Alexander
Scene
He
Working
Gravity
Brings
I'd always dabbled in acting.
Nelsan Ellis
Always
Acting
I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.
Nelsan Ellis
Saying
Say
Would
Something
Quiet
Just
Wanted
Anything
Interested
Really
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.
Nelsan Ellis
Education
School
Valued
Town
Coming
Came
Exist
Chicago
Any
Essentially
Moved
Arts
Where
Alabama
Desire
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.
Nelsan Ellis
Beautiful
Gay
Free
Somebody
Country
Whatever
Christian
Entails
About
Support
Feel
Beautiful Thing
Still
Cannot
Thing
My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian.
Nelsan Ellis
Mom
Christian
Side
Southern
Southern Baptist
Baptist
I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would fill myself up with whatever devil worshippers believe. Then, as myself, I empty that out and become Nelsan.
Nelsan Ellis
Myself
Character
Devil
Become
Whatever
Believe
Worshipper
Out
Would
Empty
Up
Then
Fill
Play
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
Good
You
Black
Become
Good Friends
Other
Students
Particular
Were
Juilliard
Friends
Very
Get
Unfortunately
Many
My years at Thornridge probably changed the course of my life.
Nelsan Ellis
Life
My Life
Changed
Course
Years
Acting is the only thing that makes me happy.
Nelsan Ellis
Me
Happy
Only
Makes
The Only Thing
Acting
Thing
I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.
Nelsan Ellis
Strange
Writing
Poetry
Liked
Bullied
Lot
Very
Quiet
Artistic
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.
Nelsan Ellis
Writing
Out
Emotional
Know
How
Were
Person
Get
Acting
Keep
The sci-fi fans in America... they are die-hard. They will follow you to the ends of the Earth. Once they attach themselves to a show and believe in the show and love the characters, they're there forever, and they're unshakeable.
Nelsan Ellis
Love
You
Fans
Will
Believe
Once
Earth
Characters
Follow
Attach
Sci-Fi
Forever
America
Ends
Themselves
Show
I went from unknown to having no anonymity.
Nelsan Ellis
Unknown
Having
Anonymity
I am a vampire/werewolf and sci-fi fanatic. God is so good! I get to play in a series that has all that!
Nelsan Ellis
God
Good
Sci-Fi
Am
Get
Fanatic
Series
Play
I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father.
Nelsan Ellis
Mother
Father
Except
Like
Look
Anything
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.
Nelsan Ellis
Life
Music
Dance
My Life
Guess
Jimi Hendrix
Though
Drawn
Part
Sing
Well
Ultimate
Very
Want
Even
Hendrix
Play
When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react.
Nelsan Ellis
You
Job
Easier
React
Because
Makes
Much
Act
Your
Actor
Phenomenal
You have to be a tough gay person in the South.
Nelsan Ellis
Gay
You
Tough
South
Person
You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up.
Nelsan Ellis
Great
You
Back
Great Place
Town
Like
Go
Up
Going
Just
Place
Grow
Grow Up
You have to learn to not hate who you have to live with.
Nelsan Ellis
You
Hate
Live
Learn
Who
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