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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 have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.
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When I was a kid, my grandfather said that if you say a word often enough, it becomes you. Thinking of that later in life gave me this idea that I could try to become America by learning the words of people from many aspects of the country.
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Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.
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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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Learning is a tunnel experience that makes us think more broadly.
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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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For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.
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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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What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there. And I think if there's anything artistic, it's in that middle space.
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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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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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I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.
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Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.
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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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Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you.
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You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.
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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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