I don't have an answer for why Hollywood still casts non-ethnic people for ethnic roles. It's something that has to change. Sometimes… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
We [Native Americans] respect being human beings, but also the natural and spiritual world and I thought that came across wonderfully and… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I'm very familiar with the history of… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
Acting for me was an escape and it wasn't until Smoke Signals that made me realize that acting is a personal development and challenge… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected. — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was my goal. — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we could… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
Once you lose your parents, you get this numbness, this feeling of having to really be able to connect yourself with someone. I depended… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
I think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression. I was able to express certain emotions… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground. — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
What's nice about 'Skinwalkers' is it's allowing an audience to see a different Indian perspective... I think, for myself, I'm trying to put the… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
Well to me growing, up I've had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother was killed… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them. — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
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