I sort of fell in love with the idea that we all love things that we’re not supposed to, and that, often, that love is also ‘tainted.’ I wrapped it in sort of a graphic novel theme, and out of that came ‘Tainted Love.’ Orlando Jones Read Quote
I think it’s impossible to be a young black male from the South, born to an era I was born in, and not have a clear sense of what race really means in the country. Orlando Jones Read Quote
My father marched in Selma. My father was there in Alabama. That’s where I was born. My birth certificate says ‘colored.’ It does not say I’m African-American or black. So for me, those are real realities that are not subject to opinion. Orlando Jones Read Quote
Ultimately, the core premise of ‘American Gods’ is, ‘What do you believe?’ And how your beliefs can be manifested into reality. Orlando Jones Read Quote
People choose whatever projects they’ve seen that I’ve done over the years, and whichever one is their favorite is the only one they care about. But I realized that none of those were my voice or representative of what my thoughts and feelings were. Orlando Jones Read Quote
Religion is a tool to stamp out oppression, repression, and tyranny. It’s to save the oppressed. That’s what religion is for. Orlando Jones Read Quote
Sleepy Hollow’ was really the first thing I’d done that gave me the opportunity in the modern age to build an authentic relationship with an audience that was a lot more like what happens in theater. Orlando Jones Read Quote
Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando. Orlando Jones Read Quote
