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18 quotes by Eriq La Salle

Eriq La Salle (born Erik Ki La Salle, July 23, 1962) is an American actor, director, writer and producer known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC drama series ER.
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The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why we can't we have good films that... →

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Maybe It's not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be questioning... →

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I think American cinema, particularly, has become so disposable. It's not even cinema, It's just moviemaking.

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But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an... →

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Art should offend people because art should challenge people.

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Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you have... →

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So that, to me, is important that audiences are treated with an amount of respect toward their intelligence. Most Hollywood films don't respect... →

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I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time.

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It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it.

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You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.

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But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed... →

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Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm... →

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I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to... →

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