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I don't want to sound too carried away, but from what I've seen, 'Bingo Long' is going to be a big one. A classic.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Away Big Big One Bingo Carried Classic Going Long Seen Sound Too Want

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I was in the National Academy of Fine Arts and Design, on a scholarship. I was - still am - an artist. They were looking for an actor for 'Take a Giant Step,' and a producer liked my look and asked if I could act. I said, 'Yep!' Then I got into acting more or less just to make money for paints and canvases.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Academy Act Acting Actor Am Artist Arts Asked Could Design Fine Fine Arts Giant Got If I Could Just Less Liked Look Looking Make Money More More Or Less National Paints Producer Said Scholarship Step Still Take Then Were

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Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed; my first marriage was on the rocks. The role of Gale Sayers had been cast with Lou Gossett, and then he hurt himself playing basketball. I was called in to read for the role. I was their last choice, and I knew it.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Basketball Been Before Brian Broke Cast Choice Depressed First Gale Had He Himself Hurt Knew Last Marriage Period Playing Read Right Rocks Role Song Then Very

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My mother's side of the family, they're from Montserrat in the Leeward Islands.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Family Islands Mother Side

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Acting, I started when I was six and a half years-old, on Broadway with Kurt Weill.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Acting Broadway Half Kurt Six Started

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Jazz is very much a part of my life. I work with the Thelonious Monk Institute and do the artwork for their program every year.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Artwork Every Institute Jazz Life Monk Much My Life Part Program Very Work Year

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Oh, I paint all the time.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Oh Paint Time

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I tend to approach characters not based on ethnicity but on some unique individual qualities, and I've set my whole life that way. I don't want any sort of limitations imposed on my work. If you truly want to be a creative person, you can't limit yourself.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Any Approach Based Characters Creative Creative Person Ethnicity Imposed Individual Life Limit Limitations Person Qualities Set Some Sort Tend Truly Unique Want Way Whole Work You Yourself

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I don't want to find myself ever locked into what people think I should think or do. In my art, and acting, I have a universal vision of things, an international vision. Bigger and broader and beyond. 'Bigger than life' is always on my mind.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Acting Always Art Beyond Bigger Broader Ever Find International Life Locked Mind Myself People Should Than Things Think Universal Vision Want

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I love the Mexican muralists - like Rivera, Orozco - and the music of Walter Benton. They gave you a sense that reality was much more than life.

~Billy Dee Williams

Topics: Gave Life Like Love Mexican More Much Music Reality Sense Than You I Love

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: April 6th, 1937

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