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Delroy Lindo

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
631 total appearances

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WWDTM: Delroy Lindo

He said, nobody ever put you in the movies, bro.

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And as I explained to Denzel, for me, I interpreted that as him having a certain kind of respect for whatever it is he had seen me do.

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That's how I did it when I needed to.

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The point being, that was kind of a go-to that one could get protein and get all of the nutrients that one needed.

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Okay, you will learn this about me.

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I'm not going to answer the question, but I will give you an answer.

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So when I made a little bit of money, when I first made a little bit of money as an actor, the thing that gave me the most joy was to be able to send money to my mom as proof.

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As proof that not only was I gainfully employed in a profession that my mom did not want me to enter.

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So it was proof that I was not only gainfully employed, but I was sufficiently gainfully employed that I could send her some money.

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No, I received a lot of instruction.

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brilliant musicians, New Orleans-based musicians, who worked with me on my relationship to the keyboard.

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And I also had instruction on the harp, the harmonica.

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So I had a lot of instruction.

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The producers gave me one of the keyboards.

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I've been so busy, frankly, I haven't had a chance to get back to it.