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I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.
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If you say a word often enough it becomes you.
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Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.
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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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My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.
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We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.
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If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear.
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Art simply can’t be stopped.
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A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.
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I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.
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You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.
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Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day, our vocabulary seems more and more inadequate.
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I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.
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Use your time to bathe yourself in the gift. Move your hand across the canvas. Go to museums. Make this into an obsession.
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I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.
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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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Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.
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You are an explorer. You understand that every time you go into the studio, you are after something that does not yet exist.
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