I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off into the sunset thing that people wanted me to play after Brown Sugar. Boris Kodjoe More Quotes by Boris Kodjoe More Quotes From Boris Kodjoe Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it; and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you. Boris Kodjoe loving-life pace past Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message. Boris Kodjoe messengers artist messages I like to laugh, I like to smile, and I don't take myself too seriously. I can be a goofball. Boris Kodjoe i-can laughing I believe trust is a choice. Boris Kodjoe i-believe choices believe I don't care if you are religious or not and I think the message is that at the end of the day, everybody has to mature and everybody has to heal and mend their own injuries, emotional injuries, on their own pace. Boris Kodjoe emotional religious thinking We have relationships and know the exact outcome with that person because we don't deal with ourselves and don't deal with our issues and end up being attracted to the same person or the person is attracted to our energy. Boris Kodjoe issues outcomes energy I'm the same person. I don't put on a face. I'm the same guy every time you see me. Boris Kodjoe guy persons faces The whole time I was modeling, I had a place in Paris, and a place in New York, and I was really single. Boris Kodjoe modeling paris new-york My love for you is past the mind, beyond my heart, and into my soul. Boris Kodjoe cute love life We are willing to weather the storm of multiple failures to achieve a goal. We're so convinced in the destination that we are able to let go of the reins and give it to God. Boris Kodjoe letting-go weather giving It's a tremendous honor to be asked to carry a show. Boris Kodjoe honor shows I know I can act and it doesn't matter where you come from. Boris Kodjoe where-you-come matter knows Some of the best actors in the world are very exterior actors, Anthony Hopkins being one of them. He knows exactly how to turn his face to get a certain expression. He knows exactly what to do with eyes, and with his voice. It's very exterior. Boris Kodjoe voice eye expression Everybody goes through obstacles and problems and issues and turn their backs on people that we are fond of and love just because we hurt; and everybody goes through that. Boris Kodjoe issues hurt people I don't put on a face. I'm the same guy every time you see me. I like to laugh, I like to smile, and I don't take myself too seriously. I can be a goofball. When I come home, the only thing that changes is that I take off the suit and put on tennis shorts and play with the kids. Boris Kodjoe play home kids I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently. Boris Kodjoe knowing artist views I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me. Boris Kodjoe first-impression black people You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that. Boris Kodjoe independent kids thinking After awhile, marriage gets a little stale and you're looking for something to scratch that a little. Boris Kodjoe stale scratches littles Yet I wanted to have children, and I knew that was my purpose, but I wasn't going to settle. Boris Kodjoe settling purpose children
