Author: Ron Cephas Jones

Quotes

Caliban is one of the most difficult characters to play because there's not a lot of history there. It's sort of a half-animal, half-man, and there's not a lot of background.

Caliban is one of the most difficult characters to play because there's not a lot of history there. It's sort of a half-animal, half-man, and there's not a lot of background.

- Ron Cephas Jones

Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.

Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.

- Ron Cephas Jones

I think most actors don't start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to work, whatever manifestation that takes.

I think most actors don't start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to work, whatever manifestation that takes.

- Ron Cephas Jones

My daughter gets a lot of her natural music ability from her mother because she's a world-class singer, also.

My daughter gets a lot of her natural music ability from her mother because she's a world-class singer, also.

- Ron Cephas Jones

That's my job as an actor - to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.

That's my job as an actor - to go on and try to do the work so subtle and so fine and specific that the memories will linger for a long time.

- Ron Cephas Jones

Every morning that I wake up and I'm breathing, I can feel it and take a moment to say, you know, 'Thank God I'm alive for another day.'

Every morning that I wake up and I'm breathing, I can feel it and take a moment to say, you know, 'Thank God I'm alive for another day.'

- Ron Cephas Jones

Every actor wants that - to have a great character and then continue to add more into the depth of his life.

Every actor wants that - to have a great character and then continue to add more into the depth of his life.

- Ron Cephas Jones

Life is precious - very, very precious.

Life is precious - very, very precious.

- Ron Cephas Jones

As we like to say on 'This Is Us,' death is not a release. Our main character has never been alive for the entire run!

As we like to say on 'This Is Us,' death is not a release. Our main character has never been alive for the entire run!

- Ron Cephas Jones

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