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Eventually, it came to this place like, 'I'd like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell.' 'Man of Tai Chi' became the story to tell.

Became Came Chi Direct
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I've had the opportunity to work with so many great directors. Different styles, as well, like Gus Van Sant. He just does the casting and the milieu and let's you do your thing, quietly. Bertolucci, who can talk to you about your internal world in quite a creative way or just say, 'Well, put your hand over here.'

About Casting Creative Different
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I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the camera was, what story it was telling. And as my experience grew, I wanted to know even more.

Actor Always Been Camera
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I am waiting for the right story to tell. Just like 'Man of Tai Chi' just seemed to be the right story to tell. So I'm looking for that. Because I really love directing. I love developing the story. I love actors. I love the cinema of it, the way that you tell a story visually.

Actor Am Because Chi
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It's easy to become very self-critical when you're an actor. Then you get critiqued by the critics. Whether you agree with them or not, people are passing judgment on you.

Actor Agree Become Critics
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But I did 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.' They made a cereal out of it, so once you've had a cereal, it doesn't get much more surreal than that. Surreal cereal.

Adventure Bill Cereal Did
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Energy can't be created or destroyed, and energy flows. It must be in a direction, with some kind of internal, emotive, spiritual direction. It must have some effect somewhere.

Created Destroyed Direction Effect
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I mean, I went to a Catholic boys' school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.

Boy Catholic Class Hockey
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But I think we're also just talking about the literacy of the audience. The visual literacy of the audience. They've seen so many images now, especially here in the States. There's so much to look at, to watch. So the visual storytelling literacy is harder to impress.

About Also Audience Harder
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I think the form, the Hollywood movie, I think the quality is obviously always going to be there and I think that the question of taste, there's always a question of taste.

Always Form Going Hollywood
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I don't know the law, the kind of law of quantity and quality, but I think the opportunity of people being able to express themselves and to have the means of production is a great thing. It's also changing how we're telling stories.

Able Also Being Changing
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When we talk about how movies used to be made, it was over 100 years of film, literal, physical film, with emulsion, that we would expose to light and we would get pictures.

100Years About Expose Film
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How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.

About Changed Devices Experience
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I'm not a photographer, so I didn't get into F-stops or ND filters or background, foreground, cross-light, all that stuff. But I was interested in the camera and the lenses. That's the world that I'm moving in, in terms of acting and giving a performance.

Acting Background Camera Filters
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You know what, I'd done an interview show when I was like 16 or 17. One of my first jobs. I did interviews for this television show in Toronto.

Did Done First Interview
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I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

Amazing Been Has Been Hope
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The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I've got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer.

A Good Man Always Back Been
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Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.

Apple Apple Pie Breakup Country
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I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue.

Because Black Blue Comfortable
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I knew I wanted to sing when I was a very small boy. When I was probably 4 years old. My mother played a guitar and I would sit with her and she would sing and I learned to sing along with her.

Along Boy Guitar Her
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You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

Able Audience Doing Feel
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But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

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I made my first complete song when I was 9.
Complete First Made Song
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I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. It's like my job is my vacation.

Always Free Free Time Gotta
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I'm just basically spillin' out my emotions to the world. 'Cause rap is about emotion. And I want you to feel what I'm feelin', 'cause that's what it's all about.

About Basically Cause Emotion
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The hip-hop community is made up of a lot of hustlers. Everybody is trying to get theirs, and everybody is trying to eat.

Community Eat Everybody Get
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I feel like we need more aggression today.

Aggression Feel I Feel I Feel Like
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Anytime I shoot a video, I just think of anything I can do to set myself apart from everybody in the music industry.

Anything Anytime Apart Everybody
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'Ludacris' is something that I made up. It just kind of describes me. Sometimes I have like a split personality. Sometimes I'm cool, calm, and collected, and other times I'm beyond crazy.

Beyond Calm Collected Cool
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I used to be a video game freak, but I've kind of like eased back.
Back Freak Game Kind
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I've been trying to nail it into everyone's heads that I feel like I am the most versatile rapper.
Am Been Everyone Feel
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I don't want to be too over-exposed, but then at the same time I don't want to be too out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

Same Same Time Then Time
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I find myself eating different kinds of chicken each and every day, even if it's by surprise.
Chicken Day Different Different Kinds
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No matter how much money I ever get, I'm going to want to provide for my family and never have to go back to really struggling. You don't ever want to go outside, you don't ever want to be left in the cold. You want to be safe.

Back Cold Ever Family
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My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday.

Day Every Every Day Like
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Your fans, they count on you to make wise decisions and wise choices. That's why they're your fan base. If you continually let them down, they're going to go find someone else to be fans of.

Base Choices Continually Count
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Of course I have bills to pay, but at the same time, it's more about the passion and the love, and I think that's where music should come from, the heart, not necessarily just to cash a check.

About Bills Cash Check
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I'm one of those people that just likes to be comfortable.

Comfortable Just Likes People
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It don't take a lot to make me happy. I'm not spoiled like that.

Happy Like Lot Make
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Working through experience is best for me, just being there and trying to get into the mode.

Being Being There Best Experience
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I think half the battle is just being comfortable in front of the camera - and I already am, doing so many videos and interviews, so then it just takes that extra step of trying to get into character.

Am Battle Being Camera
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I'm going to continue to keep music number one.

Continue Going Keep Music
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I think every album you have to stretch further and further, give people another piece of you. But then I always try to deviate from the norm.

Album Always Another Every
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I really love when people come up to me on the street and say, 'You're my favorite rapper.'

Come Favorite Love Me
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I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.

Am Been Cocky Confident
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A lot of beefs in the music industry are caused from miscommunication and just not really understanding what's going on, having people in your ear saying this is what somebody did, or this is what somebody did to you.

Caused Did Ear Going
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I've always had an affinity and a passion for cars and that whole car culture.
Affinity Always Car Culture
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I love everything from old-school cars to whatever the latest muscle or luxury vehicles are.

Car Everything I Love Latest
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I'm a perfectionist, so I always feel there's room for improvement.

Always Feel Improvement Perfectionist
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I love technology. We can be our own DJs wherever we go.
DJs Go I Love Love
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