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I have some cops in my family. I understand the predicament that they're in. Sometimes they go into it just to pay the bills or because they don't have other choices, or sometimes they just want to get the gun.

- Wesley Snipes

Gun, Some, Cops, Predicament

I've always been paying my taxes and I've always been trying to comply.

- Wesley Snipes

Always, Been, Paying, Comply

I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.

- Wesley Snipes

Think, Young, I Think, Long Line

Nobody wants to get locked up, although 'locked up' is a matter of perspective. There can be people who are out who are in prison mentally and emotionally and worse off than those who are behind bars.

- Wesley Snipes

Behind, Matter, Mentally, Locked

I like science fiction and physics, things like that. Planets being sucked into black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility, and what happens on the other side of the black hole. To me it's the microcosmic study of the macrocosmic universe in man, and that's why I'm attracted to it.

- Wesley Snipes

Study, Other, Fiction, Holes

We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit.

- Wesley Snipes

Problem, Country, Culprit

Internationally, I have as large of a fan base - if not larger - than I have domestically.

- Wesley Snipes

Fan, Larger, Large, Internationally

I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now - that Napoleon complex. Wanting to be as big and as powerful as the big guys.

- Wesley Snipes

Big, Very, Napoleon, Big Guys

No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.

- Wesley Snipes

Loss, How, Deal, Anonymity

I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!'

- Wesley Snipes

Survive, Teaches, Bronx, To Survive

Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great.

- Wesley Snipes

Other, Been, Lot, Scripts

I used to do puppet theatre and also mime and musical theatre in Florida for competitions and festivals, which was great. I was very much involved in theatre when I was in college.

- Wesley Snipes

College, Very, Which, Puppet

I come out of repertory theatre so I've been working under pressure my whole career.

- Wesley Snipes

Career, Come, Been, Repertory

I've been trying to keep the private life private. Not being savvy or trained on how to do good interviews like a politician, I thought it was wiser to follow my mother's advice: If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all.

- Wesley Snipes

Been, Private, Trained, Savvy

I've come to the conclusion that beautiful women in the West aren't comfortable finding strength in their femininity. They want to do masculine-oriented things to establish their femininity. It's a contradiction.

- Wesley Snipes

Strength, Want, Come, Establish

I've reduced a lot of the stress in my life. I've gotten rid of a lot of things. The light was turned on and a lot of the cockroaches started spinning. I swept them out the door. And sometimes you just have to throw things out because they carry a certain energy.

- Wesley Snipes

Door, My Life, Gotten, Cockroaches

I had faith in the concept and the theory that all Americans are endowed with the right to a fair trial and I would be fairly judged and fairly tried.

- Wesley Snipes

Concept, All Americans, Endowed

I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.

- Wesley Snipes

Never, Making, Films, Action Films

A lot of the cats I grew up with in the South Bronx found themselves in sticky situations.

- Wesley Snipes

Cats, Lot, Bronx, Sticky

I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.

- Wesley Snipes

Hinduism, Judaism, Read, Buddhism

So don't send me up the river yet.

- Wesley Snipes

River, Me, Up, Send

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.

- Wesley Snipes

College, Here, Became, French

If a woman decides she likes me, it would behoove her to take into consideration that my art has had a strong influence on the type of person I am.

- Wesley Snipes

Art, Strong, Woman, Consideration

Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers.

- Wesley Snipes

Game, More, Makers, Just As Much

My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.

- Wesley Snipes

Doing, Want, Sign, Leo

My mother was pretty much on my case all the time.

- Wesley Snipes

Mother, Time, Pretty, Case

I was never charged with tax evasion. I've never been a tax protester.

- Wesley Snipes

Never, Tax, Been, Charged

Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle.

- Wesley Snipes

More, Come, Roles, Tackle

Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art.

- Wesley Snipes

Through, Always, Been, Talents

I've been a law-abiding citizen ever since I grew up in the Bronx, New York.

- Wesley Snipes

New, Citizen, Been, Law-Abiding

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