--- title: "10 Happens Quotes By Michael Emerson" description: "10 Happens quotes by Michael Emerson. Plus more from Michael Emerson and more Happens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/michael-emerson-4622_black_i-see-this-in-the-way-that-sermons-are-p_2314806.jpg" --- > [I see this in the way that sermons are preached. How would you give a Black Nationalist speech or campaign for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-see-this-in-the-way-that-sermons-are-preached-how-would-you-give-a/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/michael-emerson-4622_black_i-see-this-in-the-way-that-sermons-are-p_2314806.jpg) > [I see it happen in uniracial congregations all the time. But people - when they're in mixed company, we speak differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-see-it-happen-in-uniracial-congregations-all-the-time-but-people/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/michael-emerson-4622_business_i-see-it-happen-in-uniracial-congregatio_1973306.jpg) > [Preaching styles and people being slain in the spirit and things like that. Now it doesn't happen in all black churches, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/preaching-styles-and-people-being-slain-in-the-spirit-and-things-like/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/michael-emerson-4622_all-black_preaching-styles-and-people-being-slain_682360.jpg) > [I ask the clergy why don't I see myself represented in leadership? And I'm told, and this happens quite a bit, "We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-ask-the-clergy-why-don-t-i-see-myself-represented-in-leadership-and/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/michael-emerson-4622_asks_i-ask-the-clergy-why-don-t-i-see-myself_267327.jpg) > [What sort of difficulties would happen when people of different cultures try to come together to worship? Tiny little things such as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/what-sort-of-difficulties-would-happen-when-people-of-different/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/michael-emerson-4622_culture_what-sort-of-difficulties-would-happen-w_2376163.jpg) > [I think it's going to open up a wider place for a discussion about we ought to come together in our churches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-it-s-going-to-open-up-a-wider-place-for-a-discussion-about-we/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/michael-emerson-4622_acceptable_i-think-it-s-going-to-open-up-a-wider-pl_2166303.jpg) > [And again, this connection that you get: I meet Joe at church. Joe's connected to a whole network of people I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/and-again-this-connection-that-you-get-i-meet-joe-at-church-joe-s/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/michael-emerson-4622_birthday-party_and-again-this-connection-that-you-get-i_2668028.jpg) > [It happens a little bit more in the West, where there's more fluid - where everybody's originally from somewhere else. So they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/it-happens-a-little-bit-more-in-the-west-where-there-s-more-fluid/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/michael-emerson-4622_bigger_it-happens-a-little-bit-more-in-the-west_2235418.jpg) > [What happens is sometimes these congregations will still have the white style of worship, even though they're mixed, because folks are willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/what-happens-is-sometimes-these-congregations-will-still-have-the/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/michael-emerson-4622_african-american_what-happens-is-sometimes-these-congrega_1895558.jpg) > [We've done a lot of studies to see when they do happen, why, and I mean there's a variety of reasons. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-ve-done-a-lot-of-studies-to-see-when-they-do-happen-why-and-i-mean/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/michael-emerson-4622_commitment_we-ve-done-a-lot-of-studies-to-see-when_1249075.jpg) ## Other authors on Happens ## More by Michael Emerson > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/it-may-be-changing-but-still-it-s-the-one-place-that-total-control-of/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [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?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/call-and-response-style-yes-exactly-so-whenever-different-groups-get/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [I think people respond to villains because people in general are more villainous than heroic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-people-respond-to-villains-because-people-in-general-are-more/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [So you find a lot of these sixth Americans congregate in these interracial congregations. They hang out together at work, at school, wherever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/so-you-find-a-lot-of-these-sixth-americans-congregate-in-these/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/there-are-roles-that-are-terrifying-because-they-re-large-or-you-may/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two groups try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-do-not-have-an-american-culture-we-have-a-white-american-culture/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-of-myself-as-a-problem-solver-i-want-to-go-in-and-help-the/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/but-what-we-found-in-the-study-is-that-churches-are-ten-times-less/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [And different traditions stress different - so then there's that. I talked to an African American who says before she goes into an interracial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/and-different-traditions-stress-different-so-then-there-s-that-i/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-think-it-s-easier-i-really-do-because-of-not-having-that-similar/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/there-are-three-things-and-it-depends-on-the-group-that-we-re-talking/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-ask-the-clergy-why-don-t-i-see-myself-represented-in-leadership-and/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [I was a magazine illustrator for many years before I became an actor, and I used to think, 'Oh, God, all those wasted years!'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/i-was-a-magazine-illustrator-for-many-years-before-i-became-an-actor/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [We go where our family goes. We go where our friends are, and because our social networks are so segregated by race, we end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/we-go-where-our-family-goes-we-go-where-our-friends-are-and-because/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-emerson/this-is-this-thing-i-harp-on-sometimes-acting-can-be-a-self-defeating/) [Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-emerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happens/michael-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Happens Quotes By Michael Emerson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I see this in the way that sermons are preached. 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