No one can pronounce my name. My name is 'The Black Guy From 40-Year-Old Virgin'. Romany Malco More Quotes by Romany Malco More Quotes From Romany Malco Consciously or subconsciously, we become slaves to debt and social obligation. As a result, we end up more committed to the minutia and less in tune with the bigger picture: our deepest sense of purpose. Romany Malco debt tunes purpose Wanting an honest opinion about my art from someone whose opinion I respect makes me feel vulnerable. It's a great space to be in. Romany Malco opinion space art If you are courageous enough to be still, you are a step closer to becoming empowered. Romany Malco courageous becoming steps When faced with emotional pain, I become still for hours, sometimes days, doing absolutely nothing. It helps me get to the truest source of my suffering. Romany Malco emotional pain suffering More times than not, my pain stems from an area in which I've been least authentic. The second I identify the source - the area of my inauthenticity - I begin to feel better. This allows me to take complete responsibility for my emotional discomfort, and the awareness enables me to move beyond the blockage. I become energetically unstuck, allowing the pain to pass through me. Romany Malco pain responsibility moving Coming from a background as unique as mine, the first challenge is being able to identify chaos as chaos. For the first half of my life, I interpreted chaos as normal. Today, I am aware that I have triggers: a default way of thinking that is often not relative to the immediate moment. Therefore, in the midst of chaos, I have learned to relinquish all my premature cognitive commitments and become present. Romany Malco unique commitment thinking I always try to get as personal as I can with the characters that I play, which is a reason why I don't play a lot of characters. Romany Malco play trying character I do not have a daily routine, but each morning, I try to spend an hour in bed, visualizing positive outcomes for my life, health, and career. Romany Malco careers morning trying Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit of their greater good is what makes me come alive. Romany Malco comfort writing inspire Being able to engage my creativity in a way that makes a difference inspires me more than anything. Romany Malco creativity differences inspire I like to be challenged and stay true to my archetype. That's something I don't admit of being like in real life and I don't have to be. I always try to understand what would lead an individual to being that way, to being oblivious to the fact that he's somewhat insensitive and scared of commitment, and that psychological journey, and what traumas may have occurred in this person's childhood to bring him to that point. Romany Malco real journey commitment I feel comfortable working with people who are secure in themselves and confident in what they do. Romany Malco secure feels people It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices; I don't mean Black and White; I mean people automatically assume because a film has a predominantly Black cast, that it is a particular quality of film. Romany Malco black-and-white mean past I'm taking the indie filmmaker's approach to building my career and that approach is developing a relationship with the fans. Romany Malco building fans careers I don't want every fan; I'm interested in fans interested in quality work, authentic archetype depictions. Romany Malco quality fans want My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, "Damn, I have to look within myself." Romany Malco make-you-think goal thinking For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing. How the comedy ever even started in my life was that moments got uncomfortable and I felt uncertain of what the outcome was going to be, so I found a way to deflect what I was feeling, or what everyone else was feeling, by creating laughter. Romany Malco creating laughter drama The only difference between comedy and drama is that, in comedy, I'm going to utilize the tool of creating laughter to deflect discomfort and, in drama, I won't use a tool, but we're going to actually deal with the discomfort and see what comes out of it. Romany Malco laughter differences drama Because I came into acting late, my references come from real life. That's my biggest inspiration. It's probably the reason I moved back to New York. I'm just a lot more inspired by real life than I am by depictions of real life. Romany Malco inspiration real new-york I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream. Romany Malco significance dream people
