Nelsan Ellis Quotes

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Nelsan Ellis

Profession : Actor

Birth : November 30, 1977

Being different makes you beautiful.

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I can play a doctor, and I can play a thug.

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Domestic violence is an epidemic, and yet we don't address it. Until it happens to celebrities.

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I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene.

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I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.

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The sci-fi fans in America... they are die-hard. They will follow you to the ends of the Earth. Once they attach themselves to a show and believe in the show and love the characters, they're there forever, and they're unshakeable.

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Everybody kept saying, 'I just don't know how to sell you.' I'm odd. I don't think you can put a finger on me.

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I'd always dabbled in acting.

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I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would fill myself up with whatever devil worshippers believe. Then, as myself, I empty that out and become Nelsan.

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With 'True Blood,' you don't know what to expect. You don't know how wild it's gonna get.

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But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you.

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When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town where the arts didn't exist and the desire for education didn't exist and wasn't valued.

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I think, in this country, anybody can do whatever they want to do as long as it's not hurting anybody else or violating the laws of society.

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If you want to get married to a man, then get married to a man. If two women want to get married, they should get married. It's not hurting me.

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The beautiful thing about this country is that I can be a Christian and feel free to do so. Or somebody cannot be a Christian and do whatever that entails. Or somebody can be a Christian and still be gay, and I support it.

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Let gay people get married.

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My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian.

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There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students.

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My years at Thornridge probably changed the course of my life.

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I had no intention of being an actor.

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