HOLLYWOOD -- That's Doctor Snipes to you.

Last week, Wesley Snipes received an honorary doctorate in humanities and fine arts from his alma mater New York State University.

"I was a good student. I always got great comments about my acting but they'd always add that my attitude needed work," recalls Snipes.

He found the answer to his attitude problem in the numerous martial arts disciplines he has been studying for the past decade.

"The martial arts helped me put my inner life in order. I took them up for my own sanity, not because other people thought I should."

On Friday, Snipes gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It's the same day his sci-fi horror film Blade opens.

Snipes is more than the star of this dark, comic book inspired adventure. He also produced the film through his own production company.

"I did too many pictures in the past where I did my best but other people were so slack it affected the whole movie.

"Now on my films I'll have my fingers in every thing from the script to the music.


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