Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other. IronE Singleton More Quotes by IronE Singleton More Quotes From IronE Singleton 'IronE' stands for an eagle in flight with an unbroken spirit. I coined that term because it is indicative of my life story and the fact that I'm out of the inner city. IronE Singleton eagle my-life city life There's nothing more liberating about starting with something that is not written. You pretty much create the history of that character and that character's life story. IronE Singleton you character life history Whatever you do, whatever you come up with, whatever you decide on, you can go with it, and if the director or the execs, they like it, then you'll stick with it. That's a good thing, as opposed to having something that's already written. IronE Singleton whatever good go you With film, you stop and go. You have to do 20 takes or whatever. IronE Singleton stop whatever go you My daughter was born when I was nowhere near where I am now, and she took me to another level. I said, 'I have to become a better person in this life if I want to serve as an example. If I want to set a positive example for her, I need to get better myself.' IronE Singleton myself me positive life I always had a relationship with God as early as 8 years old. I can remember having these conversations with God. I'd go in the bathroom and look in the mirror and talk to myself, but then I knew I was not the only one present. IronE Singleton mirror myself god relationship There were a lot of moments in my life where I could have died or I could have ended up serving 20 years to life in prison. I overcame those things, those obstacles, because I listened and I obeyed that higher power that was speaking to me at the crucial moments in my life when it really counted. IronE Singleton my-life me power life My grandmother was the matriarch. I was the youngest of all the men in my family, so I kind of used them as examples and kind of emulated what I saw them do. So I didn't have to deal with a lot of bullying because we had a lot of back-up, so to speak. IronE Singleton bullying family speak men My life also prepared me to play T-Dog. That was what my entire life was about - surviving. To be on the set of 'The Walking Dead,' it was like being back home. I had to survive again, though in the fictional world. IronE Singleton my-life me home life We have to recognize that we're all one, we all come from the same place, we come from the same source. IronE Singleton same come place source Change won't happen overnight. IronE Singleton overnight happen change
