LaTanya Richardson

There is no one American beauty or just one beautiful color in the pantheon, especially in regards to black people - there…

— LaTanya Richardson

I'm always in awe at how fast television is and how quickly you're called upon to be 100 percent invested in a…

— LaTanya Richardson

I didn't want my daughter brought up by nannies, and I didn't want her to feel I wasn't around.

— LaTanya Richardson

Atlanta was a welcoming presence for a lot of artists; they called it 'the Mecca of the South.' I got to see…

— LaTanya Richardson

I came to New York in 1974, when I graduated from college. And you had to use 'Backstage' because all of the…

— LaTanya Richardson

If I can stay centered, I'm basically going to be living in the world a happy person.

— LaTanya Richardson

In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to…

— LaTanya Richardson

Our joy was to do theater. And in some theaters, the only pay we got was tokens for carfare.

— LaTanya Richardson

From the moment I saw 'Camelot' as a kid, the organic inclination of performing before a live audience is raw and visceral.…

— LaTanya Richardson

I know it's a stock answer, but besides acting, I'd love to produce and direct.

— LaTanya Richardson

If you can make it in theater, you can make it anywhere.

— LaTanya Richardson

I think most Americans, when we're building a character, we look at the specificity of what that person is, in particular.

— LaTanya Richardson

Woodie King Jr., in 1970, had started a company called the New Federal Theatre, which was ensconced at the Henry Street Settlement.…

— LaTanya Richardson

It used to just be a SAG card, and then you got an AFTRA card. I got my AFTRA card doing a…

— LaTanya Richardson

I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands…

— LaTanya Richardson

The theater is the reason I am an actress.

— LaTanya Richardson

I never played an ingenue.

— LaTanya Richardson

I think that we're reducing who we are as human beings to these cell phones and these devices; now we don't even…

— LaTanya Richardson

I've discovered that I am as strong as I thought.

— LaTanya Richardson

Folks are always talking about 40 acres and a mule, but what we need is some psychoanalysis. Forget 40 acres in a…

— LaTanya Richardson

I've learned that all of us should be constantly mindful of what's going on around us. Sometimes I think we get pretty…

— LaTanya Richardson

I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.

— LaTanya Richardson

I have not tried for a career that's showy. I have always tried to layer things in and not push it. I…

— LaTanya Richardson

I've had the luxury of not having to work because of my husband.

— LaTanya Richardson

Shakespeare wrote about what was happening during the time; it still relates to us now.

— LaTanya Richardson