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Dante Basco

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I think it's one of the coolest things especially as a young actor, actually at any time - even doing my stuff with Avatar - merchandising, video games come out and action figures and plushie toys. It really ignites the kid in you. - Dante Basco
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I was 15 when I did Rufio and now I've been Rufio for more of my life than I haven't been. Wrestling with that is always interesting because you don't want to be fully defined by it, but at the same time it's you, and you don't want to be ashamed of you either. - Dante Basco
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You have to understand, when you're 15 and you're doing this Steven Spielberg movie with megastars - Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts - you know you want to be cool. I don't know how cool I'm going to look with my belly button out! - Dante Basco
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Look, everyone who ever comes to Hollywood, you hope to do something that people will remember you for. - Dante Basco
#Everyone
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I grew up in a pretty rough neighborhood, Paramount, California, outside of L.A., like near Compton, that's where I'm from. - Dante Basco
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I didn't have the regular high school experience. My experiences were on sets. - Dante Basco
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I feel like I grew up differently, when you're a child actor you grow up differently, but it's not that different than growing up as, like, a child basketball player who goes to the NBA. There are certain kids who become professionals at a very young age. There's a lot of sacrifice that goes into that. - Dante Basco
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I'm a poet, first and foremost as a writer. That's who I am. That's what I'm most comfortable writing. - Dante Basco
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Anyone who has been in this town long enough has their own 'True Hollywood story.' - Dante Basco
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My first professional acting role was a small part in a television series called 'The Wizard.' I later had the opportunity to work on Michael Jackson's Moon-walker music video. - Dante Basco
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I look for us - people of color in Hollywood, to create more stories as writers, directors and filmmakers, creating more opportunities for ethnic actors. At the end of the day, we have to be the ones giving jobs and telling the stories, not just waiting to be hired. - Dante Basco
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Within the black community, I'm definitely a neighborhood celebrity. - Dante Basco
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Everything you want Robin Williams to be, he delivered in spades. - Dante Basco
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The first time I walked onto the set of Neverland, it was like walking into another world. They built the sets extra strong, so we were allowed to play on them when we weren't filming. It was cool! - Dante Basco
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After 'Hook,' it was so sad for all of us to watch the set get destroyed. We were at the end of 'Hook,' and we're walking off the Sony lot and we're literally seeing the boat get destroyed. That was the sad thing, seeing that go. - Dante Basco
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And it's ironic that in my career I've done the black shows from 'Moesha' to 'Fresh Prince' to 'Hangin' with Mr. Cooper,' and then a lot of black films like 'Biker Boyz' and 'Love Don't Cost a Thing.' - Dante Basco
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The crazy thing about 'Hook' was it was one of the movies in town that everybody knew about. It was the biggest film shooting in Hollywood at the time and the idea of Robin Williams playing Peter Pan really captured everybody's imagination. - Dante Basco
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'Dead Poets Society' was a very influential film on me and so talking about that movie with him, he just inspired me to continue writing poetry and we talked a lot about our favourite poets. My wrap present from Robin was a beautiful limited edition copy of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' and that's a great memory for me. - Dante Basco
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