With my background, I came out of the theater. Joe Morton More Quotes by Joe Morton More Quotes From Joe Morton If there's no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career. Joe Morton craftscareerslooks One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again. Joe Morton would-befuntwo I came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do. Joe Morton industrychoices There are lots of stories about my culture that I think bring a whole other perspective to who we are and where we have been and how we got here that I think need to be done. Joe Morton perspectiveneedsthinking If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them. Joe Morton filmwantgiving Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script. Joe Morton actorsattentionjobs When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play. Joe Morton determinationplayyears Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far. Joe Morton wantplaylooks James Cameron has always been way ahead of the curve in terms of the use of technology in his movies. Joe Morton curvestechnologyuse If you have the skill, then you can move as you age. Joe Morton skillsagemoving I would love to play the villain, but again, it sort of what happens in this industry. Joe Morton villainplayhappens I think the thing is with a movie that has this much science fiction in it; you need characters who are more science fact, if you know what I mean, than they are human. Joe Morton charactermeanthinking I think people believe that I give ant aura of someone who has both feet on the ground. Joe Morton feetbelievethinking I think it talks about the fact that there are black people in the world who have tremendous amount of talents and have no channel through which they can those talents. Joe Morton blackpeoplethinking I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much. Joe Morton theatre I think it talks about that there needs to be some proactive attack against drugs infiltrating our culture. Joe Morton drugneedsthinking Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums. Joe Morton camerastechniquejobs The advice that I usually give to young actors is that if you can create a character for the stage and keep that character fresh for at least 6 months that means you're doing the show eight times a week. Joe Morton eightcharactermean What's lovely about 'Eureka' is that it's a sci-fi show, but it's not monsters from outer space; it's not craziness from outer space. It's just about this community of people and what they do. These geniuses have sometimes done wonderful things and sometimes created global warming. It has this wonderful left-of-center sense of humor. Joe Morton communityspacehumorpeople I actually went to the university as a psychology major, and at orientation, they took us around the campus and took us to the theater for a skit. At the end of the skit, I literally could not get up out of my seat. Joe Morton usendupuniversity
