Djimon Hounsou

Actor

United States

1964 - Present

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I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa.
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If anything, Calvin Klein is the iconic company in terms of fashion. They do have iconic images for their campaigns.
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Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.
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Rehearsals are set up so that you find out all the nuances about your character. You never want to beat yourself up. It's about finding the right direction, and most of the time, the right direction is not what you think is the right direction. That's why the director's there: to guide you there.
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One of the things I find extremely challenging about the continent of Africa is that when the immediate needs and the social needs of people are not met, that kills dreams, and it's all about survival.
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We like to make the Marvel comics films because they're fun. Families can go see them together. They're entertaining. They aspire to inspire, and that is cool.
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I happened to the be the fifth child of my family, so everybody was already grown and had left home already.
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I was just a very torn child, very wounded in so many areas, with no family support. I happened to the be the fifth child of my family. So everybody was already grown and had left home already.
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Some of the reason why you have so many divorces is that we tend to get married, most of the time, not for ourselves, but for others, or for how it looks to others.
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The rocky time came right after I left school. I spent a lot of time at night navigating the streets of Paris trying to find something to eat.
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