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" I'm always in awe at how fast television is and how quickly you're called upon to be 100 percent invested in a character with the lines. "
LaTanya Richardson
Fast
Character
Always
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" Acting is in your soul. "
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" It used to just be a SAG card, and then you got an AFTRA card. I got my AFTRA card doing a commercial in Atlanta. I got my SAG card doing a beer commercial from 100 years ago; it was one of the first national commercials with a family in it that was black and normal, and I played the daughter. "
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" I've learned that all of us should be constantly mindful of what's going on around us. Sometimes I think we get pretty single-minded in our pursuits and forget that we really do need each other. We need to actively engage in giving and helping each other every day. "
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" I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.' "
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" The theater is the reason I am an actress. "
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" I hold onto the spirit of God for everything, and that works for me. That aspect of my life is very real and is the truth. "
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" I've discovered that I am as strong as I thought. "
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" I know it's a stock answer, but besides acting, I'd love to produce and direct. "
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" Our joy was to do theater. And in some theaters, the only pay we got was tokens for carfare. "
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Theater
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" I think most Americans, when we're building a character, we look at the specificity of what that person is, in particular. "
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" There is no one American beauty or just one beautiful color in the pantheon, especially in regards to black people - there is no better color. "
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" Folks are always talking about 40 acres and a mule, but what we need is some psychoanalysis. Forget 40 acres in a mule: sign all of us up for some shrinks so we can get ourselves right by reflecting and truly learning ourselves. "
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Always
Learning
" I came to New York in 1974, when I graduated from college. And you had to use 'Backstage' because all of the auditions were listed there. Most people didn't come with agents, so you got to see a lot of what was auditioning and when and where. 'Backstage' made sure you knew the major places. "
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New
New York
" Woodie King Jr., in 1970, had started a company called the New Federal Theatre, which was ensconced at the Henry Street Settlement. I did a number of plays there, and I auditioned each time. The plays were mostly new. New York was very fertile ground; there was a plethora of African-American plays being done. "
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King
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" From the moment I saw 'Camelot' as a kid, the organic inclination of performing before a live audience is raw and visceral. Once you're out there, there's no yelling 'Cut!' or any such thing as a do-over because that moment has passed, and you're in it as it's happened and gone, sharing it with everyone. "
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" If I can stay centered, I'm basically going to be living in the world a happy person. "
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I Can
Person
" I didn't want my daughter brought up by nannies, and I didn't want her to feel I wasn't around. "
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Want
Feel
" If you can make it in theater, you can make it anywhere. "
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" Look at Michelle Obama. Everyone keeps making a big deal about her arms being exposed, but don't get it twisted: her arms are out for a reason. Black women have had those arms forever - lifting, picking cotton, toting and carrying babies. "
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" I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it. "
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" I have always been involved in some philanthropic work - growing up in the church, you always had to have a reasonable portion of service to the community and to people who have less, who need a helping hand. It's just something in my heart that I know needs to be done. "
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" Atlanta was a welcoming presence for a lot of artists; they called it 'the Mecca of the South.' I got to see the Negro Ensemble Company, Cicely Tyson, Geraldine Page, Ruby Dee, all onstage. "
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" I have not tried for a career that's showy. I have always tried to layer things in and not push it. I love an underperformance, where you're so entrenched in who that person is that you're living in it. "
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Love
" Shakespeare wrote about what was happening during the time; it still relates to us now. "
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" I think that we're reducing who we are as human beings to these cell phones and these devices; now we don't even want to pick up a telephone to talk - we just text. "
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" I never played an ingenue. "
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Played
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