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26 Top Wentworth Miller Quotes

Famous As: Best Known for His Lead Role of 'Michael Scofield' in the Series 'Prison Break'
Born On: June 2, 1972
Born In: Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
Age: 51 Years

Wentworth Miller is a prominent English-American screenwriter and actor. He gained the limelight for his performance in ‘Prison Break.’ He also earned a ‘Golden Globe Award’ nomination for the same. ‘Stroker’ marked his screenwriting debut. Some of his other noteworthy works include ‘The Flash,’ ‘Underworld,’ ‘Legends of Tomorrow,’ ‘The Loft,’ ‘The Disappointments Room,’ ‘Blood Creek,’ ‘The Human Stain,’ and ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife.’ Following is a compilation of famous sayings by Wentworth Miller on hope, people, books, believe, grateful, love, creativity, career, actor, self-care, community, time, challenges, racism, family, business, character, etc.

[asked if his suicide attempt was a cry for help]

No. I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe that there's help to cry for.

[asked if his suicide attempt was a cry for help] No. I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe that there's help to cry for.

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I didn't come to Hollywood to get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection or to enjoy that kind of lifestyle, to go to the right parties and meet the right people.

I didn't come to Hollywood to get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection or to enjoy that kind of lifestyle, to go to the right parties and meet the right people.

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I think ultimately that's why the audience will tune in longterm, for the characters and the relationships.

I think ultimately that's why the audience will tune in longterm, for the characters and the relationships.

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I think that's the beauty of the current setup, is that Legends is meant to be a bit of a revolving door.

I think that's the beauty of the current setup, is that Legends is meant to be a bit of a revolving door.

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I think it's necessary when you're dealing with a dark show that has explosion and violence to have defined moments of lightness and humor, even romance. It's important, and it deepens the character, of course.

I think it's necessary when you're dealing with a dark show that has explosion and violence to have defined moments of lightness and humor, even romance. It's important, and it deepens the character, of course.

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I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment.

I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment.

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I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.

I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.

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I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up.

I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers... so sometimes I make them up.

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I have my own personal wish list.

I have my own personal wish list.

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I had my one guest star on The Flash, and that became several guest stars, and then they mentioned this new show.

I had my one guest star on The Flash, and that became several guest stars, and then they mentioned this new show.

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I had a brief experience in the food industry. I was a bus boy in a Mexican restaurant in Arizona, scraping re-fried beans off people's plates. It teaches you a bit of humility and the importance of a good deodorant.

I had a brief experience in the food industry. I was a bus boy in a Mexican restaurant in Arizona, scraping re-fried beans off people's plates. It teaches you a bit of humility and the importance of a good deodorant.

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I feel extremely lucky, extremely grateful, and a little bittersweet, too.

I feel extremely lucky, extremely grateful, and a little bittersweet, too.

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I feel as though we're living in a time where there is very little distinction paid between the personal and the professional.

I feel as though we're living in a time where there is very little distinction paid between the personal and the professional.

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I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.

I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.

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I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind.

I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind.

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Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time.

Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time.

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Everyone has their challenges.

Everyone has their challenges.

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Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself.

Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself.

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Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities - a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say.

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities - a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say.

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As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline.

As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline.

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An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from.

An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from.

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A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support.

A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support.

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A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

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A ghostly side note Soldier boy Miller played a Lucifer-like character in the final two episodes of Joan of Arcadia. Coincidence I do find it strangely poetic, ... that a character who shows up on a show about God to play something kind of satanic winds up in the very last two episodes of that show, and then appears in the show that replaces that show on its exact time and night the following season.

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I don't think you need to watch Arrow and Flash to appreciate what it is Legends has to offer. The beauty of this show - and they do this on Flash, and they did this on Arrow - is that we do spend time on character. We do spend time on backstory. We do take a moment in between the sci-fi special effects to tell you who these people are, so that when something happens to them, you actually care.

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I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got the script on Friday, went to the audition on Monday and got the part on Tuesday. I was shooting the pilot a week later. I didn't have time to be nervous - it happened so quickly.

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