Acting Is Not Pretending, Here’s What It Is - Bill Duke

[@filmcourage]

Bill Duke - My 40 Year Career On Screen And Behind The Camera [FULL INTERVIEW| kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZXTeJd8gblrmrM

[@noticias6111]

Watching this video makes me think how from an anthropological perspective it's said that early theater grew out of 'religious ritual'...seeing the non-secular, secularized and expressed like this means something.

[@FriendlyGhost-s3g]

Wonder who else came here after seeing that thumbnail JUST THINKING Bout that famous line “You know you done fucked up right” 😂😂😂

[@CopeTMG]

I was a background actor in 12 Years a Slave. We were having trouble nailing down the celebratory emotion of the lead character's success of building a raft. Steve McQueen was the director and he became very frustrated. He warned that if we didn't get it on the next take, he'd replace us. Right before action, he yelled, "Don't ACT.... BE!" As an aspiring actor, that statement resonated strongly with me. I got it. But as I sat with it in the coming months of trying to make my mark in the industry, that statement was the very reason I quit. I realized that in order for me to be as great as I saw myself being, I would have to fully embody each and every character. That is a spiritual experience that can be very dangerous. Others may navigate it seamlessly. I did not want to take that chance.

[@___DJ__]

You essentially have to become a host for the spirit of the character you play. I think it can become dangerous because we all play various roles in the script of life. I can see how it would become very easy to lose one’s sense of “self” even if the “self” is artificial in its essence

[@CopeTMG]

@___DJ__ Exactly! You captured it well.

[@___DJ__]

@@CopeTMG Heath Ledger and Lloyd Avery II come to mind...

[@CopeTMG]

@___DJ__ Those are the 2 I think of as well. I'm sure there are way more.

[@___DJ__]

@@CopeTMG there most certainly are…the countless amount we’ll never know of. Tupac is another. I think he was stuck in the role of Bishop after the movie Juice

[@MissMaryMac319]

Acting is a dangerous job. You become an open vessel for possession

[@DemureDarlings]

This is a FACT

[@machiavellisprince5986]

Wanting to be famous is the promise that drives people to do it.

[@Congress.Pub.L.97-280NowActive]

[They are not pretending. They are not possessed, they are just being, something they may not have known was who they are.]

[@machiavellisprince5986]

@ You don't know what they are. There are more things going on in this world than what you know.

[@machiavellisprince5986]

@ Jim Carey talks about how he couldn't stop being a character. It took over him. If something can take you over, that's possession my friend. Drugs can possess you. Sex can possess you.

[@Lord-of-D]

"Surrendering to the spirit" is perhaps the best way to describe going into anything. Acting is just the most direct medium of understanding the nature of surrender, whereas with anything else, you're still going to think to keep an awareness of "yourself" throughout the process when you're actually supposed to be expanding yourself.

[@___DJ__]

Awareness is beyond thought and surrender is beyond self. To fully surrender you have to lose your "self" (or in other words, go beyond the limitations of the "self")...you can have awareness without thought, but you can't have thought without awareness. This world is a reflection of a reflection and "acting" is a reflection of this world where we all play a role in the stage of life.

[@k.h.1756]

yes but what spirit/s ?

[@Lord-of-D]

@k.h.1756 The character. The role. The person. The spirit.

[@MH-nz5jl]

Demonic spirits more than likely

[@MH-nz5jl]

Demonic spirits more than likely that’s all on TV

[@gporr7004]

Marlon Brando once said something like this in an interview. That we can all be anything really. We are all actors

[@antonio76719]

Yes, the world is a following. The Bible teaches you what life is all about.

[@adaliantsiki]

Brando said you don't become the character to act you have to know who and what you are so what this guy is saying is completely different

[@MikeyJae777]

There’s a quote by Shakespeare that says something along the lines of the world being the stage. My English teacher would often quote it & I myself have quoted it in my everyday life so I agree that we are all actors in a sense.

[@hiro7489]

Yeah your brain changes over time to whatever you want it to be. You can ALWAYS change who you are no matter what. But it's alot easier in the early years of life because that's when your canvas is more blank and still developing. That's why they say can't teach a old dog new tricks

[@ronaldblack-zb4yn]

I met Bill Duke in Pittsburgh Pa in 1992, I was an maître at a restaurant , and, I told him I wanted to be an actor, he said get headshots, plus some other advise, great guy, humble too, he was sitting across the table from this beautiful woman, this sista was fine. Anyways years later, I was blessed to act, so yes Bill Duke is correct, you have to become, you wear that character for the duration of the production plus some, there is no middle ground. I have had my detox from characters moments, man it was a trip, loved every second of it.

[@h3av3nlyfoo111]

if you think acting is very dangerous because you are surrendering yourself or it may cause identity confusion what do you think you do when you work at jobs or companies that you know you don’t like? you know you’re not happy what do you do ? when you’re in relationships with people, you know you don’t love you know you don’t want to be with but yet you do it anyway you don’t think that’s dangerous? You’re opening up yourself to people to situations environments that you have no business being in.

[@jamesbennett5587]

It's definitely not the same thing, one is opening yourself up to be possessed and the other is people submitting to their own folly or survival.

[@BeachsideHank]

I got more out of 6 minutes with Bill Duke than several episodes of "The Actor's Studio" series.

[@damienholland9244]

That guy and the audience rub me the wrong way, somehow. It's like they're trying too hard to appear deep or intellectual.

[@mefilmmaking]

@@damienholland9244no, he’s just Black & you have a hard time receiving information from him because of it. Respect to Mr. Bill Duke.

[@AllynCurtisCameron]

​At least you can voice your own incredulously low self esteem. Whenever another person, especially a stranger can affect you so negatively, and you go wholly, but, Unholy, with it, you have very deep issues and problems. And I am a 69+ Vietnam war Era veteran diagnosted with childhood and adult Autism, ADHD, Bipolarities, and PTSD, all resulting from extreme terror, and horrific violent traumas verbal, physical, and mental. No war nightmares,, nor even horror movies can even begin to match what I have seen heard and especially felt!, at the hand,​s of all too human beings who were really inhuman crazrd bloody monsters...! @@damienholland9244

[@yolo25000]

​@@damienholland9244Sounds like a YOU problem.

[@eratikkmenace]

That falling backward into darkness hit me tough af bro. Life lessons indeed.

[@frederickporter3059]

Perfect explaination. Notice he said "Denzel, when he's in there" bc I'm sure we all have seen our favorite A list actor/actress slightly miss it.

[@DaveKatague]

Deja Vu was hard to believe hahaha 🤣 but that was more the script and world logic haha

[@elcooljay1821]

@@DaveKatague Yeah, but he nailed it with Training Day.

[@juhgfdsapiyhhnnxc3517]

Leo dicap

[@antonio76719]

Look at the interview where he speaks of channeling

[@AntwainMorgan-s1d]

Jon Q 🤝🏾

[@roberttaylor9628]

This explains why Linda Blair in the movie 'The Exorcist' was so convincing and the movie was so disturbing when it was made.

[@jonathangault4551]

Bill Duke...Those eyes... they just disappeared... His eyes are full of...Wisdom... I love Bill Duke...

[@con_boy]

I'm gonna have me some fun

[@pamparker4047]

I love him too ❤❤❤

[@FakeNewsTrueMovies]

You should love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength. I am shocked to hear people saying they idolize other people. Bill Duke, who I have no idea about, is just another human being just like you and I. Place your faith in Jesus Christ alone, The Eternal Son of God, the only one who can save you from Hell. He is perfect and will never let us down. We humans continually fail but Christ cannot fail, never has and never will. He died for us and rose again taking on the full wrath of His Father to save us from eternal damnation. Call upon His name so He can transform you and make you a new creation, Born Again of His Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life.

[@데이지-c8w]

"don't describe, become the character, by falling into the darkness backwards. " WOW.

[@Lauravalentinav]

I learned more about acting with this video than with all the acting classes I have taken...

[@TAJMUSIC81]

METHOD ACTING -In order for actors to create natural performances, Stanislavski believed that they needed to use personal experiences in order to imagine how their characters are feeling. They would use their own memories and relate these emotions to their portrayal of a character.

[@liquidbraino]

I don't think it's the healthiest approach to the craft of acting which is why I trained at a Meisner school. Imagine putting someone with PTSD or CPTSD in a Method acting class and then forcing them to relive that trauma from their past over and over; getting retriggered over and over. It's the reason Dustin Hoffman had a nervous breakdown after performing in "Desth Of A Salesman" on Broadway for six months.

[@mamat1213]

My daughter was required to do this for an audition and it really messed her up. The panel had her do multiple run thrus of an intense scene while connecting with her own feelings of loss and grief, even pried to ask who she’s recently lost and how close they were…It actually seemed gratuitous and sadistic to me. She cried for hours after and it took a toll 💔

[@liquidbraino]

@mamat1213 Bullshit. I've been on thousands of auditions and it's always two minutes. You show up, sign the list, sit down while others are in the room; get called in for your turn - you're in; you're out in two minutes. And that's NEVER how they go. If an actor isn't properly trained then they don't know how to go that deep under imaginary circumstances - and they won't even get called in to audition for a part that significant; *without* having significant training, preparing them for it. Also, an audition IS a performance. If you think it's odd for a person to actually cry real tears during and audition or performance or class etc then you don't know much about acting - that's what we DO. We get paid to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances. And we're trained through a process of repetition and focus for no less than two years in order to not only open up and allow ourselves to be vulnerable and 100% emotionally available to the other performers; we've also learned how to "detox" quickly from the emotions of that scene and return to normal so we're ready to LISTEN and take direction for the next scene. If you can't do that, then you're not an actor; you know nothing about emotional preparation techniques, because you've had no training and if you've had no training you're never going to get a reputable agent OR get invited to audition for anything that matters.

[@43cassy]

@@liquidbrainoit’s called recall; it’s a form of healing. The more you let it out-the less you suppress, the freer you become inside. “The Body Keeps the Score” has an excellent chapter on acting/theater and the therapeutic relation to trauma. Check it out!

[@liquidbraino]

@mamat1213 Sounds far fetched to me. Casting directiors don't tell actors HOW to work. They give them their "sides" and describe the scene. I've been on thousands of auditions and that's not how it works. You're either lying or you got scammed by a fake CD.

[@Sidera17]

I never did anything close to acting until recently joining a local group to broaden my horizons. I was asked to cold-read with some people and I just did what I thought you should do? And it scared me to death because whatever I did, it felt like falling into a pool of water and “losing yourself” to me. No exaggeration, I was confused for DAYS afterwards and had no understanding of what happened. But I was also intrigued. However, that initial experience was so scary, whatever I had done, that subsequently I do what he’s talking about- try to stay “in control.” I notice it doesn’t feel the same or right, like I hit on something that first time by accident. I’m so glad I found this interview because I keep trying to explain what happened and he said it. “Falling into the darkness backwards.” I know it might sound corny but it was so scary having no clue what was happening in that moment.

[@Citiz3nX]

This interview (in its entirety) was UNEXPECTEDLY amazing.

[@latsblaster]

Denzel has been uneven and it is great how Duke puts "when he's in there".

[@Model_Roe]

All the greats have their off days or off movies lol but Denzel when he is there just dominates a scene and everybody else disappears

[@MaLiArtworks186]

Denzel make me very nervous on "Training Day". I couldn't see all of that movie!

[@antonio76719]

Denzel has spoken about channneling spirits while performing

[@thrillington2008]

Its Bill Duke speaking the truth

[@kngbe]

@0:20 how i look at my wife when i am right lol

[@30dayschallenge43]

Hahaha

[@eec589]

The one actor that pops in my head that fits Duke's definition of acting is Christian Bale. He truly does whatever it takes to deliver a performance regardless of the circumstances.

[@nastynate838]

eec indeed

[@CephlonMayngrum]

that try hard? fuck outta here

[@AQUAPHREESH193]

Abram Little 😂😂😂😂😂 what about Daniel Day Lewis and the late great James Gandolfini !?

[@williemo44]

Bale, Denzel, Penn, John Voight, Michael Pena, Easai Morales...the list goes on. I admire the art form. What I love seeing the most is a great actor raising the performance of a mediocre actor.

[@eec589]

@@williemo44 Denzel Washington is pretty badass.

[@stedye]

As a former acting teacher at National Black Theater in Harlem NYC , Bill truly gives a brillant mini- master acting class that truly sums up the Craft of performing / being / becoming so beautifully.

[@kadidra1withjesus]

I had signed up for acting class just for fun in college and .my teacher gave me a role of someone suicidal that's when I realized acting is and never will be for me... i can never.....the hell with the money.....God will provide....😊.

[@BIVESNUMBERONEFAN]

Very profound words! The world is a stage and this sound advice needs to go viral!

[@butcher777]

I’ll be honest…I think Gary Oldman is one of the most underrated quintessential actors of our generation that has fallen into darkness in every single character that he has ever played…he never acts….he just is….xxx.

[@DARKLYLIT]

Yes! More people should talk about how much COURAGE it takes to commit to any art form, but particularly anything as public as Acting. It is SO MUCH FUN, when you're really doing the work, but it takes a lot of effort and courage to get to it. Too many "actors"(and I use that term ever-so-loosely) swagger around, relying on their "charisma" and good looks to carry them through. They are the epitome of the song "Hey diddly-dee, an actor's life for me..." and their "work" speaks for itself. If you DO THE WORK, the WORK will sustain you. The rest, is silence...

[@preciousgorgeousralf137]

Eh, if it works for them, it works for them. If they fulfill the roles they are hired for, and ppl enjoy those performances enough to make the money back on their movie, their job is done. I HATE when ppl throw terms around like "the work" when we talk about acting, but you don't for carpentry, or plumbing, astrophysics, sanitation or zoology. Everyone is working. As a matter of fact, the actors job doesn't mean shit if other ppl aren't living their lives to the best of their ability, because all they do is show other people's lives.

[@JOAOAUGUSTODIASABREU]

whoever disliked this invaluable interview has their brains directly attached to the intestines. Priceless learning here. Please, keep it up!

[@massapower]

You got that right Muchacho!😜

[@havefun582]

There just acting......they'll become a thumbs up later👍🏽

[@samwalker8200]

Everyones brain is directly connected their intestine

[@flaviusmaximus2051]

probably someone who thinks acting is pretending.

[@MikeBrown6141]

They must have fallen into darkness backward

[@caleblatreille8224]

I've loved so much of Bill Duke's work as both actor and director that I shouldn't be surprised, but I really wasn't prepared for how amazing and peaceful and wise his energy is.

[@JamesLeeFilmmaker73]

Acting is also about being able to pretend that it's happening for the first time no matter how many takes.

[@DaveKatague]

And editing is about being able to watch a take 1000 times and being able to rewatch as if it’s the first time

[@onnivision6464]

That’s a great explanation for stage fright! It does feel like I’m watching myself and makes me self-conscious.

[@mixedlove1234]

This is the VERY reason I had to quit acting. The art itself will cause mental illness. This is the secret that's swept under the rug.

[@yanacshell]

That's what I thought exactly. Sounds like self-induced mental illness. Creating responses (possibly even psychosomatic responses) to imaginary traumas that were never there in the first place. Scary. And what's this fall into the darkness backwards...sounds like the sunken place. Lol. No thanks.

[@mixedlove1234]

@Paul 87 maybe...

[@mixedlove1234]

That about sums it up. So true!

[@corneliuswhite5139]

I'd have to agree. It's good that you found out. It's not for everyone.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

Think about Linda Blair or Ellen Burstyn, Id never recover. LOL

[@sunkingsanders1598]

The falling reminds me of the "sunken place".

[@khalils.4525]

Just watched Get Out and then came across this “by chance” 🫢

[@navigatorone1808]

Be real..be in the moment always..Bill Duke is that person...Splendid!

[@charlesloomis2224]

I think it was Gary Busey who said, "If you don't believe it, how do you expect anybody else to believe it?" William Shatner said pretty much the same thing, " If you don't believe the lie, nobody else will."

[@Bernard.Daniel]

Did anyone else Sink into His Responses?

[@felixicon]

yep1

[@TheRedverb]

Yes, and that's a great way to put it

[@Lala-ht8ps]

Yesss

[@yakhovwhitetwt3455]

Hes a great speaker and teacher, he pulls you in, with thoses pauses and articulation. He creates great illustrations.

[@djnosleeves85]

I felt him when he said you become and give your soul it reminded me of health ledger playing the joker.

[@lkmiw9552]

He's answering the close as he can with out telling it all....key words....it's spiritual and falling into darkness backwards =sunken place

[@jonz23m]

Not really.

[@SpooksMcGoose]

Think of it more like the alchemical nigredo (putrefaction) where you allow the ego/identity to be dissolved into the prima materia (prime matter/void) from which all things arise. By reducing yourself to nothing, you can then become anything.

[@getschwifty9531]

💯 Some actors do explicitly state that it is a spiritual process when it comes to acting.

[@th3azscorpio]

That's exactly what it is. This ties a lot into MK ULTRA as well. Get Out wasn't just a movie.

[@Remedi88]

@@th3azscorpio💯

[@TheExWife]

Michael B. Jordan said he had to seek counseling after filming, Black Panther. I sooo believe Mr. Duke.

[@spambamkeija634]

Did Michael specify exactly why he had to seek counseling after his filming for the role as Kilmonger

[@FmTrini]

@@spambamkeija634becoming a villain who fought against heroes

[@davidrizzardi975]

Acting is extracting the emotions of the character from the page and conveying them to the audience.

[@whidoineedthis]

So Bill was wrong? Cus that's not what he said

[@bitcoinbelle]

This is not a man who axxxes questions. What an articulate and gracious speaker!

[@knbsd3876]

wtf😮

[@grawakendream8980]

3:40 or so, he explains perfectly the difference between method/natural/true and classical/statuesque/beauty: in classical: in the latter, you're paying attention to yourself, while in the former, you're paying attention to the other person

[@dapperblue1764]

Fantastic video, thank you Film Courage and Mr. Duke!

[@elMaxx5]

Never get enough Bill Duke.

[@Belfastboi]

Stage fright like when you are on stage is harder to combat because you’re repeating something over and over. Easier to let go in the moment on film. Because you’ll never have to repeat it again therefore you can be in the moment. Recreating that and replicating is real skill. Which is why movie actors are terrified of stage. Stage actors are legends.

[@donahvanhollis9652]

Love this. Such an IMPACTFUL Actor Bill. This man knows his shit and knows himself🙏🏽 Respect & grateful for your incarnation

[@BRAVO2I4]

I don't think a great actor can have stage fright because a great actor doesn't even realise the stage is there in the moment. Of course I'm not an actor and I probably have no idea what I'm talking about but it feels right.

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

I think an actor can have stage fright. I also think on stage he can work thru it as he practices his craft. The stage fright might become less over time..

[@BRAVO2I4]

@@daimonmarioperez9501 Perhaps but I was differentiating between actors and great actors.

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

Ok, but there are singers such as Barbra Streisand that still deal with stage fright.

[@BRAVO2I4]

@@daimonmarioperez9501 Singing and acting are two different things and I'm not saying it's absolute. I'm not even saying I'm right. Even if I am I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule.

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

@@BRAVO2I4 performing in front of a live audience

[@tabularasa2015]

WOW. Kudos to you, Mr Duke. Love from Sweden

[@kclpxyz]

Brilliant interview; brilliant questions. 🙌🏽 Thank you Mr. Duke for sharing your wisdom. ❤

[@Moi-io7yi]

This just landed on my screen. Mr Bill commands attention in a cool and calm way. Thank you for sharing. Falling into darkness backwards sounds so spiritual to me. It's like leaving your body and mind in the light while dropping your soul into a deep well where whatever can catch it to work with it will. What happens after you fall Mr. Bill? Mr. Bill's aura has strong "wise man" vibes ♥

[@JamesHampton-z6r]

Legend and Legendary video and Thank you 🏆🐐🎯🙏

[@Goaskval]

His view pairs well with Jim Carey’s awakening. He got finished playing his role as Jim Carey. And I add, what was ’scary’ was not realizing my main character and personality is also an act. We rarely question the one layer of self/ego. I appreciate this confirmation of how powerful a profile is and how we work/act to fill it…I’ve been allowing myself towards the nothingness. Quite blissful to watch the animation around me as the observer and participate at choice.

[@terryhill4732]

I know nothing about acting but to project yourself constantly as someone you'd never become or despise as a person has to be maddening

[@ddrebrne3336]

Thank you, Mr. Duke. So very well put.

[@BeingUndone]

This is what is happening in life, yet people are not “paid” to fulfill a role. We have succumbed to the spirit of the cycles and environments that we inhabit.

[@BornAgainChristIAm]

In life, we are the actor, director, writer, producer, scene, props and the audience. We're paid by our own creations.

[@vvn9020]

This is why alot of ppl who work 9-5 r depressed they have surrendered their spirit to act like a employee. This is why it’s important for one to have big thoughts and “dreams” in this lifetime. Your imagination gets killed as you grow up by people who have surrendered themselves to a role

[@shansbo217]

Absolutely. You "become" every roll without rehearsal in this life that you need to be.

[@shansbo217]

​@vvn9020 No, it's the opposite. They have not become the employee. That is why they get depressed. Becoming releases you from your true self and true emotions. They are Acting like a free person instead of becoming an em0loyee with a 9-5.

[@jammyjam353]

Wow. DEEP!! Everything he said is spot on

[@CiseEntertainment]

Great definition 👏🏾

[@ssgwright7419]

🗣 🎼 You’ve got to believe in something 🎶 Why not believe in me! 🎵~Car Wash 😁 Blessings From Texas 🤠

[@noetoledo8501]

Very wise man. He would be a great mentor to young actors.

[@filmcourage]

No doubt about it.

[@kjahmbanso]

If you dont act like you already are you will have issues becoming someone else

[@bertvirgo57]

Are you in character now?

[@bh5606]

Don't ever let them catch you acting and never be boring.

[@6ugust925]

This is one of my favourite videos so far of 2025.

[@houseofallena5953]

He's right!

[@gregddd1]

Best explanation of what "acting" actually is, "it's not acting it's becoming"!

[@icemancometh1188]

Great answers but actors can have different approaches. Sir Ian McKellen says acting is just pretending. If you’re an aspiring actor, find a process that works for you. Your own mental health is more important than any role you take.

[@tekenta-neter7944]

To pretend you have to become it

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Acting is becoming. Yes!

[@jameswkndmechanic174]

Very well said.

[@LeTchabio]

Sir Bill Duke in Predator was so huge❤I understand why now. Gratitude and blessing. One of fav'❤

[@displayname8848]

Sounds like the sunken place!

[@bellaf7774]

Lol I thought of that too

[@dennistaylor6342]

Powerful indeed!

[@AustinOSanders]

I really enjoyed hearing his thoughts. Seems like becoming is a theme found throughout life

[@gratemusic3008]

A true linguist and great example of a clear communicator 💯✌

[@sophiafakevirus]

That was a great analysis of stage fright

[@___DJ__]

Stage fright = paralysis by analysis

[@sophiafakevirus]

@___DJ__ yep, not bad, but the idea of stage fright being in the middle, not fully committed to being the character rang true to me. I recently experienced stage fright, much to my surprise, and this fellow's explanation has given me a way through it. That's why it resonated with me, he explained it and gave the antidote too. Be the performer 100%. (In my case I was singing and playing guitar).

[@___DJ__]

@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc Ah, I see. I was equating it all to overthinking...or just thinking in general. Somewhat similar to athletes when it's time to perform. No time to think only time to be instinctual and let all the hours of practice take over.

[@sophiafakevirus]

@___DJ__ yes flow, being in the moment, and not allowing the ego to analyse, as you put it.

[@___DJ__]

@ 💯❗❗❗

[@LeonKerkdijk]

Acting is mirroring reality or telling a story. It is not the person but the reflection that he/she shows that is what matters.

[@soulstalgiarecords77740]

An absolute Legend this man...

[@jasonmitchell9622]

The guy with the shaver in predator

[@nme2ne1]

Jason Mitchell Lol.... one of my all time favourite movies as a kid! Broke the razor on his FACE!

[@brandoncooper2313]

" I'm gon have me some fun" as he attempts to track and kill the predator.

[@frederickporter3059]

Menace to Society; " you know you fucked up right"

[@jiggler080]

Yas

[@adryanredbeard699]

Jason Mitchell He was also in Commando (with Arnold Schwarzenegger)...that's where I always remember him from.

[@michaelsmith3657]

I love watching these. Excellent

[@HEALTH-LETE1988]

Insightful.

[@donvanevery3235]

Damn thats true af.. guess why some people go crazy being "in that person" ie. Heath and Daniel Day

[@ExMeroMotu9]

This is what they mean whrn they say "sell your soul".

[@AndthefuturelookedBlack-hq7hy]

True THESPIAN! R.I.P. Sir Duke.

[@solaladipoel1873]

For those of us that have lived the street life and faced real life and death situations it’s hard to call acting courage. Even from another perspective meditation is more courageous than acting because you have to endure Perfect Silence of the mind , that would more accurately describe falling into darkness backwards. In acting at least you have a character as a crutch to hold on to. No thought at all as in perfect silence of the mind is way more courageous .

[@SDG12483]

This is life in general for those thriving to be great in life and Do good at everything it is their trying to do regardless of the adversity

[@7is777]

That’s SUPER DEEP

[@LarryCableGuy19]

I had no idea his real voice sounded like this. I only can remember him saying “you know you done fvcked up”😂😂

[@jocpierre1217]

You: *SURRENDERS SOUL* Bill Duke: “You know you done f’d up”

[@jsj31313jj]

All the world is a stage and its inhabitants are the actors...

[@lsporter88]

Superior explanation.

[@stitch4hire]

Beautiful.

[@sirpoppinchuck]

Surrendering to that spirit ohhhh! You are becoming that.👀👀👀😳😳😳I’ll never look at acting the same . They are conjuring spirits? 🙏

[@jaynine454]

Hearing Bill say this, it makes me wonder just what he was going through on the set of Predator 😮

[@Heretoslayyy]

Whew yah keep the truth coming😟whew.

[@thejazzman210]

100! That's all that can be said about Bill Duke. The brother is The Real, plain and simple.

[@namehere8099]

...SAME THING Terrance Howard said in an interview when he was wearing his pretty pimp wig.

[@House_of_Green]

People will defend acting but many forms of art have sent society straight to hell. Just look at fashion, people will make excuses for looking like absolute fools all day everyday. Music OBVIOUSLY wreaked havoc, but people will still defend it. Let the fools suffer, save yourselves.

[@Peakfreud]

Man you nailed, straight facts 💯

[@MizzJuneMusic]

Ugggggh he's just SO WISE

[@ameliaroque3854]

Wow, never considered acting; but still, this post offered excellent food for thought. Thank you.

[@mallen1317]

Hit my baby !? “I ain’t no killer but don’t push me” - PAC lyric

[@NaKeisha_G]

I said this to someone but I was looked at as a crazy. Some ppl can do it so well because that’s who they are and they are a good liar

[@ashleywoods1861]

Love how he breaks it down to the T❤

[@DatDamnDjuan]

Damn. That’s was prophetic. ✨ I ain’t never saved a video so fast. 😂