"If you think about what acting is supposed……" — Anna Deavere Smith
"If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear."
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85 Quotes by Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith has 85 quotes on this site.
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Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.
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I am not myself; I am the potential of myself.
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The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are…
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Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
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Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.
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We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession.…
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Art simply can’t be stopped.
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What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would…
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My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way…
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Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going…
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Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is…
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Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught…
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
— Aristotle
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the…
— Victoria Abril
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a…
— Mary Kay Ash
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We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation…
— Julian Assange
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
— Rowan Atkinson
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What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences,…
— Jensen Ackles
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You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social…
— Amitabh Bachchan
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
— Kevin Bacon
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
— Kevin Bacon
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I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
— Kevin Bacon
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