Michael Clarke Duncan Quotes & Sayings

“When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.”

“I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.”

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

“So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.”

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

“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.”

“I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy - and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!”

“Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.”

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

“Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, 'I went to the Shakespeare of Acting, too' and he said, 'Oh really?' And I said, 'I went to Shakespeare Elementary School in Chicago.' He didn't take the joke well, he didn't laugh and didn't think it was funny - I thought it was funny. It's all the same to me.”