Charles S. Dutton
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"Charles Stanley Dutton" is an American stage, film, and television actor and director, best known for his roles as "Fortune" in the film Rudy (film)/Rudy, "Dillon" in Alien 3, and the title role in the television sitcom Roc (TV series)/Roc (1991–1994).

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When I read 'The Piano Lesson,' I realized it encompassed the entire African-American experience, ... August Wilson's legacy is as important as Martin Luther King's legacy, as important as Malcolm X's legacy and as important as Nat Turner.

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What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage, ... Otherwise it was impossible.

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I want to think he made me a better person.

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I chose him because he really knew how to box for real. Omar is so good that several times boxing trainers and managers were trying to actually sign him to a contact.

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I re-read all the plays. I'm not sad. He was out of this world—so common, regular, ordinary, but capable of writing awesome poetry. If someone wants to understand what frustrations we felt in the 1950s read 'Fences.' To know about how Blacks were exploited in the music business read 'Ma Rainey.' All those things that teach us from centuries ago to the present are in the forefront of his words.

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I left thinking August's lost his mind, ... When I read 'The Piano Lesson,' I realized it encompassed the entire African-American experience. August Wilson's legacy is as important as Martin Luther King's legacy, as important as Malcolm X's legacy and as important as Nat Turner.

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Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner and you know what I'll do to that, ... Fences.

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'What's it about,' I asked, and he said, 'It's about a guy selling watermelons,' ... I said, 'You're gonna put a black man on stage selling watermelons?' And August said, 'He's trying to buy some land.'

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You're 5 feet nothing, a hundred and nothing. And you've got hardly a speck of athletic ability ... In this lifetime, you don't have to prove nothing to nobody but yourself.

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With this, I'm holding up a mirror to society, and every aspect of the story actually has a historical precedent.

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