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" At Julliard, they don't teach you where to move your face for the camera, you know? "
Rutina Wesley
Face
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" Music is definitely influential on how I approach my scenes. "
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" I could be ordering ham at the deli, and someone will turn around and look at me and kind of stare. They'll just look at me like, 'I know I know your voice, and I know I know your face.' "
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" I worked as a singing, dancing busgirl in high school. "
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" Comic-Con is so much fun. "
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" I used to love Jem and the Holograms. I think if they were doing a concert, I would stand in line to see Jem and the Holograms. "
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" I want to do parts that are outside of the box. "
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" I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job. "
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" I love 'Flashdance.' I thought it was so cool! "
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" I'm all about the crossover. The role doesn't necessarily have to be white or Latina or black. It could be anything. But it's hard in Hollywood, because sometimes it's all about the box office. Or all about looks and things like that. It's not about the story that they have to tell. "
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" Your nerves can get the better of you, especially when it's your first film. "
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" If I'm going to be honest with you, when I trained at school, I feel like I was training to be a chameleon. I want to be that versatile actor who can do anything - that's why you learn fifty different dialects, you do Shakespeare, you do commedia, you do it all so that if any job comes your way, you should be able to do it. "
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" I really love Adina Porter. "
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" That's an actor's dream to get something meaty and juicy and challenging to work on. "
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" I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and then I left there to go to the University of Evansville where I majored in theatre. "
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" I love Charles Fuller. "
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" I did my first Broadway play, 'The Vertical Hour,' in 2006, with Julianne Moore, who's always been one of my favorite actresses. My scene was with her, so it was nerve-racking. "
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" Fiona Shaw is one of my idols. She's phenomenatastic. I just make up a word for her - that's how much I love her. "
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" I always tell other young actors to go to school, or at least watch movies to learn as much as you can. "
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" If vampires and werewolves were walking around today, there would be chaos. People would be losing their minds. "
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" I'd love to do another film version of 'Romeo & Juliet.' I'm not too picky as long as it's a good story. "
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" I always have my Beats by Dr. Dre headphones turned up high. I'll probably be deaf by age 50. "
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" I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure. "
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" My grandmother is very liberal, but... she still has her opinions. "
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" Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff. "
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" Staying in Vegas would've been too easy for me. "
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" When I was 7, an old lady was driving too fast in my neighborhood and hit me with her car. I was running out of the house, and when I got halfway into the street, my mom saw the car and yelled for me to run back. As I turned around the car hit me, dragged me five houses down the road, and I fractured my collarbone. "
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" I think that as a young lady, you start off not knowing what you want to do, and then you kinda arrive at yourself by the time you're 17 or 18, hopefully. And that's what I did. "
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