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I have never been in a violent movie or television show.

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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.
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I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.
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Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?
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Do you want to be an artist so that the whole world will look at you, or do you want to be an artist because you would like to use your ability to attract attention, to have the world see itself through you differently?
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Identity is an assemblage of constellations.
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Perhaps art is a quest for the perfect, or even the imperfect. Reality always falls short on both sides.
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I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.
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I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker I just didn't have the resources to do that.
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If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear.
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I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.
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I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore ideas.
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In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.
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You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.
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Some people study a text very deeply. The people are my text. I study their words and what their words sound like, over and over again.
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I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.
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We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities . . . We have to create our own standards of discipline.
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You hang around actors, or dancers, the minute you sneeze, everybody has a remedy, and we're all on a million different kinds of diets, and different kinds of things that we do for exercise.
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I think what I am is a convener I like to convene people around ideas.
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You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.
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Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.
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