Ron Cephas Jones Quotes

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God bless my mother; I know you're looking down on me.

God bless my mother; I know you‘re looking down on me.
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There’s a lot of truth in family relationships.
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That’s my job as an actor – to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.
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I’m a Jersey kid originally, and I went to Ramapo State College. That was back in ’78.
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Every morning that I wake up and I’m breathing, I can feel it and take a moment to say, you know, ‘Thank God I’m alive for another day.’
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There’s a fine line between lead actor and supporting actor.
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Beale Street is a very famous street in the history of America. You know, American music in particular. From the blues to jazz, it’s a connecting city from New Orleans that goes all the way up to Buffalo through New York.
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Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.
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I learned a lot about American history though jazz, and that’s why I loved American history when I was in high school. I could hear different stories – the story that they would tell in school, and then the story that I would hear in the music.
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I have people that have died from cancer and friends that are dealing with cancer.
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Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you’re doing.
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I like to shop for old jazz albums.
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Every actor wants that – to have a great character and then continue to add more into the depth of his life.
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I wanted to be a jazz musician.
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My daughter gets a lot of her natural music ability from her mother because she‘s a world-class singer, also.
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As we like to say on ‘This Is Us,’ death is not a release. Our main character has never been alive for the entire run!
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Caliban is one of the most difficult characters to play because there’s not a lot of history there. It’s sort of a half-animal, half-man, and there’s not a lot of background.
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When you know your history, you have a better vision of where you’re going. And, when you have that, there’s no stopping you.
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I think most actors don’t start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to work, whatever manifestation that takes.
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I don’t think there’s a day that goes by where I go to the supermarket that a woman doesn’t come up and want to give me a hug. It’s a crazy thing when you’re in the freezer department and some woman comes up behind you and says, ‘Can I just hug you, please?’ When it first happened, it really blew my mind.
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Essence‘ is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.
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I’ve always loved Harlem and its communities.
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I have a beautiful collection of albums and try to frequent record stores.
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I can use all the hugs I can get.
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I have a very close relationship with my daughter.
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