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A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.

~David Ortiz

Topics: About Books Career End Get Going Gotta Know Lot Momentum People Really Then Until Wait Want Why Write You

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I know in my situation, my mind works more than everything else. I've been like that my whole career.

~David Ortiz

Topics: Been Career Else Everything Everything Else Know Like Mind More Situation Than Whole Works

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For me, I'm always looking for opportunities to work with people who are better than me, who are more experienced than me, people from whom I can learn. And who could I learn more from than someone with an unprecedented movie star career that has spanned over thirty years whose name is Tom Cruise?

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Always Better Career Could Cruise Experienced Learn Looking Me More Movie Movie Star Name Opportunities Over People Someone Star Than Thirty Tom Tom Cruise Unprecedented Who Whom Whose Work Years I Can

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I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Actor Actually Admire Anyone Beats Career Character Character Actor Combined Constantly Curious Defy Expectations Looking Many Mirror Movie Really See Sort Star Think Though Very Want Whose Would You

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I've never, ever taken a role for money purposes or for some bizarre notion of what may be the kind of career move that would open things up for me. If I don't believe in it, I can't do it because I won't be good in it if I don't believe in it.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Because Believe Bizarre Career Ever Good Kind May Me Money Move Never Notion Open Purposes Role Some Taken Things Up Would

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I truly think a long career is to keep the audience guessing and not being able to be boxed, and for me, I'm not hell-bent on playing the lead in things as long its an interesting character with phenomenally talented people, and it's a script that I feel is genuinely innovative, creative, and potentially interesting for an audience.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Able Audience Being Boxed Career Character Creative Feel Genuinely Guessing Innovative Interesting Keep Lead Long Long Career Me People Playing Potentially Script Talented Talented People Things Think Truly I Feel

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What I try to do with my career as an actor is what I've learned in the theater: I am rigorous with myself as to whether I'm telling the truth, and I try to surround myself with filmmakers and content creators who are also interested in the pursuit of the truth.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Actor Also Am Career Content Creators Filmmakers Interested Learned Myself Pursuit Rigorous Surround Telling Telling The Truth Theater Truth Try Whether Who I Am

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I believe the path to a long career is to keep the audience guessing. Daniel Day Lewis is my absolute hero from that point of view. I literally will pay to see anything he does because I know it's going to be something different than I have already seen.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Absolute Anything Audience Because Believe Career Daniel Day Different Does Going Guessing He Hero Keep Know Lewis Literally Long Long Career Path Pay Point Point Of View See Seen Something Than View Will I Believe I Believe The

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The key to understanding my career is that I was never into technology. From the beginning, I brought an outsider's point of view, which is why I write for a layman's publication.

~David Pogue

Topics: Beginning Brought Career Key Never Outsider Point Point Of View Publication Technology Understanding View Which Why Write I Write

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Training has been such a huge part of my life and career I hope to keep going with it.

~David Prowse

Topics: Been Career Going Hope Huge Huge Part Keep Keep Going Life My Life Part Training

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