Quotes By Wesley Snipes

I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply.

I like science fiction and physics, things like that. Planets being sucked into black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility, and what happens on the other side of the black hole. To me it's the microcosmic study of the macrocosmic universe in man, and that's why I'm attracted to it.

I'm not looking at an action movie as something where I just jump around and look beautiful and show my muscles. Since there are so few people that do this and have that pedigree, people disregard their contribution.

If a woman decides she likes me, it would behoove her to take into consideration that my art has had a strong influence on the type of person I am.

Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars.

Internationally, I have as large of a fan base - if not larger - than I have domestically.

I think that all of us, as Americans, are due due process and have a right to a fair trial, and have a right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. I think that is the American way and it's the foundation upon which this country was built.

I love being a dad, it keeps me fit and inspired and children are so funny. They always supply you with acting material!

A lot of the cats I grew up with in the South Bronx found themselves in sticky situations.

I'm proud to be an American. I'm proud to be an African American in America. I've had some interesting experiences: some great, some not so great, but I love it here.

I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York.

My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.

I think I have kind of a natural magnetism.

I had acne late, in college. My skin used to be really flawless. Went to college, became a vegetarian, ate a lot of cheese - big mistake. Here I am trying to be healthy and I'm eating grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries every day, having mad eruptions all over my face.

I've reduced a lot of the stress in my life. I've gotten rid of a lot of things. The light was turned on and a lot of the cockroaches started spinning. I swept them out the door. And sometimes you just have to throw things out because they carry a certain energy.

I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake.

I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching.

So don't send me up the river yet.

I mainly buy books in my free time.

I've come to the conclusion that beautiful women in the West aren't comfortable finding strength in their femininity. They want to do masculine-oriented things to establish their femininity. It's a contradiction.

I used to do puppet theatre and also mime and musical theatre in Florida for competitions and festivals, which was great. I was very much involved in theatre when I was in college.

No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.

I didn't defraud the government by taking money that was not mine.

I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.

I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.

The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it.

Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers.

I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.

I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.

I had faith in the concept and the theory that all Americans are endowed with the right to a fair trial and I would be fairly judged and fairly tried.