53 Quotes by Derek Luke

A few years ago you couldn't go from TV to film. It was like a 'no no' but I believe when you find a plan and purpose that God has for your life, there's not anything man can do to you. Especially when your faith is not really standing in the wisdom of man, you're really standing in the wisdom of God.

I've always had to bind up and wrestle fear, because acting is really about faith. And faith and fear can't really stay in the same room. So, in order for you to be more than a conqueror, you're going to have to defeat fear with faith.

He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.

That old boot-camp process. It was two weeks, but it felt like six months.

It's a story about victory that will touch the lives of everyone who watches it. It's powerful.

I tried to copy some of his mannerisms at first but it didn't work. And then I just let the spirit of the character grow in me and it just took its rightful place. I started to speak the lines and it felt right.

Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!

He said until they played Kentucky, they had been working so hard that they didn't even think about racism. They were just too busy working to try to win.

The magic isn’t in getting married, it’s in staying married.