Anna Deavere Smith Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Anna Deavere Smith quotes and sayings page 2 (74 year old actress). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 68 we have for her.
“I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.”
“I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.”
“People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.”
“Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.”
“You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.”
“I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.”
“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.”
“Well, the terrible thing right now, and I don't know the statistics, but there's a growing concern in some communities about how rapidly people are sent from school to jail, how quickly they're put into the criminal justice system. And of course the rapidly growing number of brown people, both men and women, in prison. And this is terrible.”
“I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.”
“I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist.”
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