Malcolm-Jamal Warner Quotes

If I choose to be part of stupid films, I don't deserve to call myself an actress.

I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do.

I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.

You never want to do anything that you don't want your mother to see, because it will haunt you and eventually come back to bite you!

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

I have such pride in my job.

We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.

What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I've done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane.

I have my pride. I'm a director. I'm not going to go and recreate some other director's vision.

I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.

I have high standards I hold myself to, besides Christianity.

I never had a role that I set out for. I always wanted to have a body of work that I'm proud of. Save for two projects, which will never pass my lips, I'm happy with what I've done.

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing is wrong. I mean, I'd like it to be that way, but I've never allowed it to influence my actions.

Well, there's a morality in that you want your work to be good, I suppose.

And I'm proud of what I do as a professional, too.

The only thing that would ever embarrass me would be something I would write that would be badly written.

I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do.

I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way.

I'm only at the beginning of my career, but I feel successful in that I haven't sold out in any way, shape or form. I feel good about the choices I've made, and I don't feel like I've let go of any of my values.

There are a lot of movies that are unbelievable successes that I would be mortified to be a part of.

I always do stories that I believe in, characters that I find interesting, and directors who I want to work with. All these factors have contributed while making choices and continue to as an actor and as a producer.

You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up.

I'll tell you something, and this is true: I've never been able to write a film which I didn't respect. I just can't do it. I'm very happy about all the films I haven't done.

I've never not been proud of the work I was doing; I have nothing I have any shame about.