Quotes By Wesley Snipes

I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.

Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle.

I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form.

I'm a good mimic.

We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit.

There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie.

We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers.

Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art.

Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great.

I come out of repertory theatre so I've been working under pressure my whole career.

A lot of people now don't know I've been on Broadway.

There is a bit of arrogance with 'Hollywood' types that doesn't sit well with game developers.

I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!'

I have some cops in my family. I understand the predicament that they're in. Sometimes they go into it just to pay the bills or because they don't have other choices, or sometimes they just want to get the gun.

My mother was pretty much on my case all the time.

I have a whole other side that has yet to be seen on screen.

I've been trying to keep the private life private. Not being savvy or trained on how to do good interviews like a politician, I thought it was wiser to follow my mother's advice: If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all.

I don't see myself as extremely handsome. I just figure I can charm you into liking me.

I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now - that Napoleon complex. Wanting to be as big and as powerful as the big guys.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.