Quotes By Wesley Snipes

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I'm a good mimic.

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.

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.

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 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.