Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wrightis an American film, television and stage actor. He is known for such roles as Belize in the HBO miniseries Angels in America, Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat, Felix Leiter in the James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, Valentin Narcisse in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, and Beetee in three out of the four The Hunger Games films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 December 1965
CountryUnited States of America
Jeffrey Wright quotes about
kitchen meals restaurants
When you go to a restaurant, the less you know about what happens in the kitchen, the more you enjoy your meal.
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I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you.
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Skip is one of my mentors. I get a lot of my ideas from other teachers, so I have lots of teachers to thank. The thing about teaching is, I constantly get to learn.
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It will revolutionize the approach and the underwriting of satellite risks. This is not about offering cheap insurance. It is about rewarding the best companies in the business with premiums, which reflect the risk. It brings accuracy and market leading technology and information to a sector which requires it.
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The drink is in the category called the caffeinated malt beverage category.
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It's a modernized version of Julius Caesar. It was originally set in Chicago, but we've moved the location to post-Katrina New Orleans' Ninth Ward.
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I do have characters who are more well known than I am, which suits me fine.
thinking might cameras
I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.
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For lack of any clearer idea, I just started acting one day. It had been in the back of my head for a while, but I think in some ways I was afraid to do it, and finally I just stepped up.
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He has such an incredible range, ... He can be very, very subtle or he can be explosive, depending on what the character is, and he has an incredible human compassion thing that I read off him on-screen.
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You're a master on blues piano. The real deal.
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Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.
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New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city.