Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs
Scott Leo "Taye" Diggsis an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the TV series Private Practice, the film How Stella Got Her Groove Back and the film The Best Man and its sequel The Best Man Holiday. Since 2014 he has starred as Inspector Terry English in Murder in the First...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 January 1971
CityNewark, NJ
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My concern is if Katrina were not to have happened, I'm wondering if people would realize the continuing relevance of pieces such as this. I really think a lot of white folks just get tired of being reminded that race is still an issue, because today it is so subtle and kind of masked.
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Just recently white people are starting to notice who I am. In the black community of actors, that's the gauge of how big you are, your real crossover appeal.
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You just don't see the same type of all-purpose entertainers nowadays.
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When I agreed to do the show, I thought it was a brilliant premise, ... but it turned out to be a fixer-upper. By the end, I was beat down. It takes a lot of energy fixing and upping.
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There's no white person I know that can say that they haven't been through what any of these Black characters are going through.
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As corny as it sounds, this is really a fantasy come true,
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It has been refreshing that the last four roles that I've done have not been so blatantly sexual with me being put on some imaginary pedestal.
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I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.
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I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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The only Black woman I ever loved is my mama.
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On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
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One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.