I was told I wasn't black enough for certain jobs because of the way I speak and carry myself and because I was raised in Europe. It's why I left L.A.

Reg E. Cathey

Categorized in : Myself Way Speak Black

It's funny how getting older - or being overlooked and underrated for more than two decades - can make you change your ambitions.

you getting-older change funny

My dad was career Army.

career dad army

I grew up on army bases all over the world, but I'm from Alabama.

over up army world

In Alabama, we have ribs with a white sauce, which is really great.

which great sauce white

The idea of ignoring your past, only to confront it later in life, is a familiar experience whether you come here from Hungary or French Canada or Ireland.

you experience life past

I think horror or science fiction is another way of telling a modern myth - it's like Ancient Greece; it's like kids couldn't wait for the next 'Orpheus' story, the next 'Jason and the Argonauts.'

wait think science way

The world is being destroyed by psychopaths, so of all the things to be concerned about - acting, it's not really up there, is it?

things being acting world

I don't barbeque myself because that would involve me cooking. And whereas I can, I'm not a very good cook.

good myself me cooking

There's something about being around a long time that puts stuff in perspective.

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