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Orlando Jones
American
Comedian
Born:
Apr 10
,
1968
Been
Black
Long Time
Me
Time
You
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Ultimately, the core premise of 'American Gods' is, 'What do you believe?' And how your beliefs can be manifested into reality.
Orlando Jones
You
Reality
Believe
How
Ultimately
American
Gods
Manifested
Your
Premise
Beliefs
Core
I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny.
Orlando Jones
Funny
Me
Thinking
Back
Ten
Said
Making
Go
Walked
Commercials
Want
Movies
Now
Belt
You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message.
Orlando Jones
You
Three
Give
Guy
Clearer
Like
Message
Him
Years
Role
Send
Want
Turn
Turn-On
Then
Fulfill
Award
Row
Image
Need
That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero, and has no real desire to save the earth or discover aliens. He's sniffing around looking to see what will fall in his lap.
Orlando Jones
Character
Me
Hero
Alien
Will
Looking
Fall
Earth
One Of The Things
See
About
He
Around
Real
Discover
His
Want
Interested
Lap
Things
Desire
Save
Belly was not a bad movie. It was visually very interesting.
Orlando Jones
Bad
Bad Movie
Very
Movie
Interesting
Belly
Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.
Orlando Jones
Me
Personality
Met
Marlon Brando
Someone
Morgan
Morgan Freeman
Between
Freeman
Eddie
Eddie Murphy
Years
Years Ago
Brando
Difference
Being
Explained
Actor
Murphy
I want to see as many black professionals as possible.
Orlando Jones
Black
Possible
See
Want
Many
Professionals
I became acutely aware of how important it is to separate the difference between who you are and who the character you're playing is.
Orlando Jones
Character
You
Important
Between
Became
How
Difference
Separate
Who
Aware
Playing
Religion is a tool to stamp out oppression, repression, and tyranny. It's to save the oppressed. That's what religion is for.
Orlando Jones
Religion
Oppression
Tyranny
Tool
Out
Oppressed
Repression
Stamp
Save
I'm tired of cookie-cutter monolithic representation of black folks.
Orlando Jones
Tired
Black
Folks
Representation
My father marched in Selma. My father was there in Alabama. That's where I was born. My birth certificate says 'colored.' It does not say I'm African-American or black. So for me, those are real realities that are not subject to opinion.
Orlando Jones
Me
Father
Black
Birth
Birth Certificate
Say
Those
Says
Born
Colored
Opinion
Does
Real
Subject
Where
African-American
Realities
Certificate
Alabama
I think it's impossible to be a young black male from the South, born to an era I was born in, and not have a clear sense of what race really means in the country.
Orlando Jones
Impossible
Black
Country
Young
Sense
Think
Born
Clear
Era
Male
South
Race
Really
Means
I sort of fell in love with the idea that we all love things that we're not supposed to, and that, often, that love is also 'tainted.' I wrapped it in sort of a graphic novel theme, and out of that came 'Tainted Love.'
Orlando Jones
Love
Love Is
Out
Wrapped
Tainted
Idea
Supposed
Fell
Also
Sort
Came
Often
Theme
Graphic
Novel
Things
With 'The Replacements,' it was insane. I'd never done a movie that opened up and made, like, seven million dollars. I'd never been part of, like, a four-day press junket for a movie that was international and domestic.
Orlando Jones
Made
Seven
Press
Insane
Never
Part
Opened
Like
Been
Dollars
Domestic
Up
Done
Movie
International
Million
Million Dollars
The Internet, to me, is about rebel culture, and I've always loved it. When I think of rebel culture, I think of rock-and-roll or hip-hop, and for a long time now, it's been the Internet.
Orlando Jones
Time
Me
Culture
Internet
Long
Long Time
Think
About
Always
Hip-Hop
Been
Loved
Rebel
Now
Anytime you have a family member getting out of prison, there's always drama.
Orlando Jones
Family
You
Prison
Drama
Member
Out
Always
Family Member
Getting
Anytime
I've been in fandom for a really long time. Back in the day, you had to go to a con to engage in fandom, and that was really the only way.
Orlando Jones
Time
Day
You
Long
Long Time
Back
Way
Only
Had
Con
Go
Been
Really
Really Long Time
Engage
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