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There's a lot going on in the Bassett-Vance household, a lot of balls in the air.

~Courtney B. Vance

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We were raised in the black community not to trust the police, and I believe, in the white community, they were raised to actually be a policeman.

~Courtney B. Vance

Topics: Actually Believe Black Black Community Community Police Policeman Raised Trust Were White I Believe I Believe In

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We have to give people dreams; we have to give people hope. In terms of government, in terms of society, that's our goal. You can't have a group of people that don't dream, that see themselves as dead or in jail.

~Courtney B. Vance

Topics: Dead Dream Dreams Give Goal Government Group Hope Jail Our People See Society Terms Themselves You

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It goes back in the black community that the police are not your friends. That's an old, old, deep understanding that we have, that it's going to take a lot to undo that in our minds.

~Courtney B. Vance

Topics: Back Black Black Community Community Deep Friends Goes Going Lot Minds Old Our Police Take Understanding Undo Your

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Around 1969, my family had just bought a house in a lower-middle-class white neighborhood two blocks away from school. Then, all of a sudden, all the white people left the neighborhood and the school.

~Courtney B. Vance

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Our parents didn't let us watch a lot of television growing up. We had Disney on Sunday nights, and at 8:30, they were like, 'Turn it off! Go to bed!'

~Courtney B. Vance

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Wes Anderson is a perfectionist, so you have to just be ready to try it this way, try it this way, try it that way, and then try it this way. And then, once you think you've got it all and it's done, then you're going to be called back in two or three months so you can try it that way and try it this way. You've got to give him all of it.

~Courtney B. Vance

Topics: Anderson Back Done Give Going Got Him Just Just Be Months Once Perfectionist Ready Then Think Three Try Two Way You

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It's one of the roles of a lifetime to be able to play someone like Mr. Cochran who was so influential. People knew about his work in regard to police brutality. He was very much a staple in the community - someone who, if there was trouble, people knew, 'Go get Johnnie Cochran.'

~Courtney B. Vance

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I didn't know anything about acting at all. I was completely green. I got into it to meet people, to try and figure out what I wanted to do.

~Courtney B. Vance

Topics: About Acting Anything Figure Got Green Know Meet Out People Try Wanted

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It was a natural for me to end up in the theater because I'd done a lot of reading about it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: March 12th, 1960

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