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Actor Quote by KiKi Layne

“I feel there's a really raw quality in the Chicago theater community that's really special.” quote by KiKi Layne — Download Open image

“I feel there's a really raw quality in the Chicago theater community that's really special.”

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Instead of asking for permission, we're seeing more artists and creatives taking control over the stories we tell.

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Most Sagittariuses start off really reserved. You gotta check people out, see what they're about, and then once we decide you're cool, then that's…

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Seeing all of these beautiful brown faces and having that patience for them to live in whatever it was that they were living in;…

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Like, no, I can really be queen of the universe. I can be president. I can be, I don't know, an alien from Venus.…

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I'm very grateful that 'Beale Street' was that opportunity for me to be introduced to the industry in that way and have some doors…

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When you hear these stories about different cases of police brutality, don't even just make that person just another hashtag, another statistic. That is…

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To see a young black woman being loved for just who she is - her hair, her skin, her clothes - is powerful.

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The only thing I'm sure of is that I want to keep doing work that speaks to me.

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I'm not going to sit around and wait for some old studio executive to decide my career path.

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Making films is such a large, collaborative effort and there's so many people who are a part of it.

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I remember growing up and feeling like I didn't really see much of myself represented. Or if I did, there were only a few…

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It means so much to be a part of bringing James Baldwin's words to life.

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