Wesley Snipes Quotes

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

You can put a cat in an oven, but that don't make it a biscuit.

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.

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

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

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.

You give Frost a message from me. You tell him it's open season on all suckheads.

I don't like perpetuating the stereotype of black males being drug dealers, and criminals.

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

The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it.

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.

I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.

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.

So: see ya, and I wouldn't wanna be ya.

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

I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake.

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 didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching.

In the beginning, all I wanted to do was to be a singer and a dancer. That was my real groove, my real interest. When it came to doing films, my biggest goal was to do a commercial.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I think I have kind of a natural magnetism.

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

I had faith in the concept and the theory that all Americans are endowed with the right to a fair trial and I would be fairly judged and fairly tried.

Not everybody can do the comic book adaptation thing and make it believable. It is challenging.

I didn't defraud the government by taking money that was not mine.

I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.

Internationally, I have as large of a fan base - if not larger - than I have domestically.

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

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

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

I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.

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.

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.

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

I mainly buy books in my free time.

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