I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went o...
I said, Los Angeles burned but Los Angeles is but one city experiencing this kind of hopelessness and despair, I said, and we need a job program with stipends … I said, These young people really, ya k...
Art requires that you make something else exist that is a representation of what your feeling is, or your idea.
When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice...
My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.
To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in African culture.
Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.
You are an explorer. You understand that every time you go into the studio, you are after something that does not yet exist.
We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigg...
He was trying to get me to come insideand away from the scene,but I said, No.I said, We have to stay hereand watchbecause this is wrong.