Derek Luke
Derek Luke
Derek Luke is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington. Since 1998, he has been married to actress Sophia Adella Luke...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 April 1974
CityJersey City, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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Playing in those old canvas Converse shoes was unreal. I don't see how they did it. Al (Shearer) tried to make a move on the court and broke his ankle.
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It's a story about victory that will touch the lives of everyone who watches it. It's powerful.
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He said until they played Kentucky, they had been working so hard that they didn't even think about racism. They were just too busy working to try to win.
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I tried to copy some of his mannerisms at first but it didn't work. And then I just let the spirit of the character grow in me and it just took its rightful place. I started to speak the lines and it felt right.
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Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!
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I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.
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I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.
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Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.
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Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.