Blair Underwood

Quote: Miranda: I just got Brady to sleep.
Dr. Leeds: Now, do you sing to him?
Miranda: Only if he's been bad.
[Blair Underwood]

Quote: Tonight, Daddy won't read you a story -- you can watch him in a story. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: Compared to the movies of today it's kind of hard to say but there was such an innocence to Krush Groove because it was near the birth of rap. Rap had been around in the current popular culture form only seven years at the time. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: His name is Tom, I've got a feeling that's got something to do with 'Uncle Tom.' He's the brother that sells his soul to the devil. Jamie's father is running for Governor of California and I play his father's campaign manager. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I haven't done a great deal of it but this was a chance to do more and bring it to that part of the business and even more so, but the fact that it was a black superhero was really the catalyst to me. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I heard we'll get you a pass because we know you're married to a black woman. You're married to a sister so we'll give you that pass but also, those who know me but also if they look at the body of work, it is the bigger picture. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I remember talking to Russell Simmons at the time and he said seven years ago they said this wouldn't last and here we are and we're still kicking and here it is now 27 or 30 years later and it's still, not only is it still kicking, it's just the culture of America, popular culture and beyond. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I tell you one of the great things about this movie is, with all that's going on around the world right now, it's just good to go to a movie where you don't have to think too hard, just have a good time, and relax and be crazy. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I tell you what I found is because you're right; I have had a chance to work with great actresses black and white. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been there - like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven't been that far out of my comfort zone in a while. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I think when my character Robert came on the show there was more a sense of - from what I heard and what I felt, thank God we're finally being represented and then it's about how did he play the character, how is an African going to represent that character and is he going to do it right. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I think white rappers are encouraged enough, you know? They are doing their thing, they are just doing their thing. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I thought my sons would love this especially, and that's how it came to be; something fun to do and I really enjoyed doing voiceovers. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I wanted to be Johnny Sokko and I wanted my own giant robot because Johnny Sokko would open up his watch and he would talk to the robot in a nearby building across town and the rooftop would open up and the giant robot, which was like 40 feet high would fly out and save the world. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I won't go into detail but this animated one, the story line is very cool and the kids seem to love it. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I'd seen him in a lot of the other movies that he had done, like "Scream," "Bait" and "Three Kings" and I saw his series. I said, "I love this guy. This guy's great." Then I had another idea for a different movie. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I'll tell you what 20 years teaches you - is that if one thing doesn't last something else will come down the pipe and to go from that and to do these films now. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I'm disappointed because you put your time and energy into a certain character or a project and the product and you just never know. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I'm going to Tyler Perry's next movie, Madea's Family Reunion in July and a couple of other things on the back burner. It opened up time for me to do other projects so that's why I'm not upset. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I'm not upset about LAX being cancelled. I'm disappointed because any time you take on any endeavor you want it to be successful, but not upset. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: I'm shooting 42.4 percent now. My character starts to date Kenya, a successful beautiful and fine woman of 2005 who puts the mandate out that she doesn't want to cross the color line, she doesn't want to date across the racial line. [Blair Underwood]

Quote: In terms of the black female audience, usually if you're true to that character but more so in your body of work if you've proven that you love your sisters and you proven you will come back home like in 42.4% they'll give you a pass when you jump ship. I hear it all the time. [Blair Underwood]

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