Quotes by Michael Clarke Duncan

I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than anything else, and don't let anybody tell you that you cannot do it because you can.

My mother told me years ago, You're gonna be an actor. So I could not play football, I could not wrestle, I couldn't do anything physical but play basketball. And I wasn't really that good. I'd just kind of knock people around on the court, that was my little claim to fame.

My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

People talk about Michael Clarke Duncan and the Oscar. That's just weird to me. To me, I just hope that I'm not is some hospital somewhere, in a coma, and somebody's gonna say, man, you were in a coma for six months and I'll be like No! I was in the Green Mile!

Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home.

The person that's always talkin', you don't have to worry about that person. The person that while you're in his face, he's just lookin' at you with a smile on his face, that's the guy you worry about.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'

I really don't have favorites I'm just a fan of movies, period.