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The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
Wendell Pierce
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Wendell Pierce
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: December 8
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New Orleans
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Wendell Edward Pierce
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The people of Baltimore are great. I love Baltimore. What I looked forward to, every year, was getting a new apartment in a different part of town and hanging out. People started to see you in the character that you were, so everyone thought I was real police.
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Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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