It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
What happens is sometimes these congregations will still have the white style of worship, even though they're mixed, because folks are willing… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Once in a while you get people that maybe because of economic reasons, or have a social network, they get attracted. But… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
Call-and-response style, yes, exactly. So whenever different groups get together then there has to be this long period of negotiation. How will we worship?… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
I think people respond to villains because people in general are more villainous than heroic. — Michael Emerson Copy Share
So you find a lot of these sixth Americans congregate in these interracial congregations. They hang out together at work, at school, wherever. — Michael Emerson Copy Share
There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two groups try… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the best they… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
But what we found in the study is that churches are ten times less diverse than the neighborhoods they sit in. So there's something… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
And different traditions stress different - so then there's that. I talked to an African American who says before she goes into an interracial… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
I think it's easier, I really do, because of not having that similar history, so that's why I think two-thirds of these mixed congregations… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
There are three things, and it depends on the group that we're talking about, but there's history, there's culture, and then there's social networks.… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
I ask the clergy why don't I see myself represented in leadership? And I'm told, and this happens quite a bit, "We don't think… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
I was a magazine illustrator for many years before I became an actor, and I used to think, 'Oh, God, all those wasted years!'… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
We go where our family goes. We go where our friends are, and because our social networks are so segregated by race, we end… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
This is this thing I harp on: Sometimes acting can be a self-defeating psychological enterprise if we feel like we're desperate, if we feel… — Michael Emerson Copy Share
