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I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.
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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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I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.
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