Wesley Snipes
Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipesis an American actor, film producer and martial artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 July 1962
CityOrlando, FL
CountryUnited States of America
actors and-love action
I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.
action kind film
I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.
So don't send me up the river yet.
prayer real character
I watch a lot of different films. A lot of different performances and I find a lot of little things from the films or things that actors do or people in real life who have behaviors or idiosyncrasies that I like or find interesting and I try to remember that. And then I'll do a prayer. I'll do a prayer to ask the character or the spirit of the character to come and visit me. And let's work together.
two challenges theatre
In film you have the script months ahead of time often, for a good film, but in television it seems like you might not get the script until a week or two weeks before you've got to film it. It's a little weird, but also quite challenging. It reminds me of repertory theatre.
quality actors television
There's a lot of great stuff on television and that's very appealing to actors who want to work, who do good quality and high quality work. But you're always concerned that the time demands on television will interrupt or interfere with your film work.
book challenges adaptation
Not everybody can do the comic book adaptation thing and make it believable. It is challenging.
moving america people
People wanted to move to America because of Michael Jackson. Industry changed, the music industry changed, because of Michael Jackson. That's a gift to us, and, you know, I am concerned that the Good Lord may not send another one because we did not take good care of him.
thinking keys trying
I think the key that differentiates the good actors from the mediocre ones that are still trying to come up, is that the good ones know how to listen. It's like being in a jazz band. They know how to listen to what the other musicians are playing. And where to come in and where to sit out. That's my approach to being in an ensemble cast and working with any kind of actors in a scene.
So: see ya, and I wouldn't wanna be ya.
real goal dancer
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.
two-sides sides screens
I have a whole other side that has yet to be seen on screen.
mistake college cheese-sandwiches
I had acne late, in college. My skin used to be really flawless. Went to college, became a vegetarian, ate a lot of cheese - big mistake. Here I am trying to be healthy and I'm eating grilled cheese sandwiches and French fries every day, having mad eruptions all over my face.
government mines
I didn't defraud the government by taking money that was not mine.