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> [Initially I started in theatre as a Shakespearean actress before film and television. I've always been an artistic child growing up and I knew I wanted to act for as long as I can remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/initially-i-started-in-theatre-as-a-shakespearean-actress-before-film/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

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## More by Lorraine Toussaint

> [I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at that area…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/i-ve-sort-of-prided-myself-on-playing-characters-with-conscience-the/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/i-grew-up-a-middle-class-colonized-child-of-teachers-and-librarians/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [Being a mom myself and it being a huge and important part of who I am, made it easier for me to play the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/being-a-mom-myself-and-it-being-a-huge-and-important-part-of-who-i-am/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [It is the ordinariness of us that is the same in all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/it-is-the-ordinariness-of-us-that-is-the-same-in-all-of-us/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/i-have-a-big-life-a-small-child-i-work-i-do-a-lot-of-things-so-i-m/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/i-have-read-every-book-in-the-dune-series-and-every-anne-rice-book/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> ['Body of Proof' was interesting because... I didn't feel I needed to prove anything in that audition. I didn't over-prepare it, but I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/body-of-proof-was-interesting-because-i-didn-t-feel-i-needed-to-prove/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [I've become very fond of the law. I've always been an advocate for justice, which occasionally the law brings to light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/i-ve-become-very-fond-of-the-law-i-ve-always-been-an-advocate-for/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [When stepping into the mind of a psychopath, you realize that there is something missing in their brain that they do not understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/when-stepping-into-the-mind-of-a-psychopath-you-realize-that-there-is/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/we-all-have-a-dark-side-most-of-us-go-through-life-avoiding-direct/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [I love to see how a character unfolds off the page in a project. I don't always know how the character is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/i-love-to-see-how-a-character-unfolds-off-the-page-in-a-project-i-don/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [My job as an actor is to cover and expose in varying allowance that - so that the audience can peek through the window…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/my-job-as-an-actor-is-to-cover-and-expose-in-varying-allowance-that/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/when-you-re-playing-a-real-character-you-want-to-honor-that-person/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/when-you-eliminate-vanity-from-an-art-form-and-i-would-think-that/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

> [Sometimes the character will go into a completely different direction than I expected once the cameras start rolling. That's what I love about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-toussaint/sometimes-the-character-will-go-into-a-completely-different-direction/)

[Lorraine Toussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-toussaint/)

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