I studied acting in NYU's graduate program, in which we covered everything from Ibsen and Chekov to August Wilson and David Mamet. — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
It was a big thing for me to read black writers. 'Fences,' by August Wilson. James Baldwin's 'Amen Corner.' 'The Fire Next… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
American naturalism is what my indulgent actor side loves: a bit of Tennessee Williams, a bit of Clifford Odets, August Wilson -… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to… — Tracie Thoms Copy Share Image
The first theater subscription I ever bought was the August Wilson season at Signature. I remember thinking a whole season to one… — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Copy Share Image
You know when you see a play and there is a character whom you know so well that you hate them and… — LaChanze Copy Share Image
I wrestle in a big way with August Wilson's work in that I at times admire it and at times feel infuriated… — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Copy Share Image
I was first introduced to August Wilson in the 80s when Charles Dutton did Ma Rainey and James Earl Jones and Courtney… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it,… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
There's no reason why you can't say "August Wilson, playwright" even though all of my work, every single play, is about black… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an… — Charles S. Dutton Copy Share Image
We just had to stay out-of-the-way [in Fences]. [August Wilson] already wrote a masterpiece. And you really don't know how it's going… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I grew up when one of America's greatest black playwrights, August Wilson, was writing about life in Pittsburgh, but I never saw… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“Playwright August Wilson said, "To live it [life] as an artist is to be willing to face the deepest parts of yourself.… — Brian McDonald Copy Share Image
I go to Stanford, and I'm an economics major, not thinking I'm going to do anything with acting. A professor came to… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
We have to stop thinking about diversity and start thinking about inclusion. That's what you can take from August Wilson. That there… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“Like you? I go out of here every morning… bust my butt…putting up with them crackers everyday…cause I like you? You about… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
August Wilson is the one writer that writes about men like my father, who had a fifth grade education, who was a… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
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