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Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.

Anna Deavere Smith

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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.
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You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.
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Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.
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Identity is an assemblage of constellations.
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Commit to finding the true nature of art. Go for that thing no one can teach you.
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You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.
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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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Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'
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I never know when somebody's going to knock on the door of my own unconscious in a way that I wouldn't have anticipated.
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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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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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I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.
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I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.
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Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.
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You know if we were to look back and how we were in 1955 living in Jim Crow, living in segregation, living in segregated schools, it's hard to believe that it was America, but it really was.
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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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If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear.
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Probably the person who said the only color in Los Angeles is green was right.
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Art simply can’t be stopped.
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