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" Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture. "
Wendell Pierce
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Love
People
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" I'm a multitasker, and I kind of like it that way. "
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" We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. "
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" Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe. "
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" When a sports team is doing well in a city that's going through tough times like New Orleans, like Detroit, it bolsters this real sentiment of 'we can get through this.' And when you have that sentiment, it becomes more than feelings: It's transported into action. "
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" It strengthens the acting muscles to tap into other parts of yourself. When you can accomplish something that's unexpected, for you as well as the audience, that's really important. It's also very important if you want people considering you for other projects to broaden their view of you. "
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" I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one. "
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" I would love to do an anthology show based on the character of Jesse B. Semple that Langston Hughes wrote about. He's sort of a Forrest Gump character in the midst of 20th century Harlem. "
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" I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible because it challenges me as an actor. "
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" The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development. "
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" Ultimately, I would love to do 'The Emperor of Ocean Park' by Stephen Carter. "
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" In our house, my dad had a chair. It was a Barcalounger, big and comfortable. If we missed him or wanted comfort when he wasn't home, we'd just climb into the chair and let it envelop us. "
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" I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it. "
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" Great art, the more specific you are, the more universal it becomes, and that's the thing that I loved about 'The Wire.' "
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" In 1974, when the city of Boston was desegregating its schools, I watched the news with my dad and saw the police escorts in riot gear, the protesters screaming at the buses, small frightened faces in their windows. "
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" New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture. "
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" I tell people all the time: get some training and become a student of your craft. "
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" I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years. "
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" The key, I always thought, to my career would be diversity - a diversity of not only the type of work that you do but the mediums. "
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" The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable. "
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" Jon Voight is a consummate American actor. "
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" My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that. "
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" I just know that 'Treme' broke ground when it comes to music and film on television. "
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" The world, post-Katrina, was a hard time for my city. The hardest time. For people who didn't live through it, no words can fully express the pain, the rage, the grief, and the futility we New Orleanians felt. For the people who did, words seemed like a feeble protest against a relentless night without end. "
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