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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?
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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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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I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker I just didn't have the resources to do that.
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My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you question, or re-examine, what is the truth.
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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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I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.
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You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.
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I am not myself I am the potential of myself.
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If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear.
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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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I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.
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