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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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" 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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" I'm a multitasker, and I kind of like it that way. "

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Way

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be. "

" 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. "

" And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on. "

" The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable. "

" We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. "

" I have so much love for art. "

" My father was so against me becoming an actor. "

Wendell Pierce

Against

Actor

" 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. "

" Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will. "

" Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid. "

" I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do. "

" Jon Voight is a consummate American actor. "

" What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go. "

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Community

" One of the great things my grandparents and grandparents taught me was, there are those who don't have your best interests at heart. "

" 'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of. "

" My mother was a teacher for 40 years. She was part of the United Teachers of New Orleans. "

" Coming out of school, sometimes people can be theater snobs. I only wanted to do theater, highbrow stuff. But what I learned very quickly is there can be good material in every genre. "

" I would love to see a real story about Fred Hampton. "

" Ultimately, I would love to do 'The Emperor of Ocean Park' by Stephen Carter. "

" 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. "

" I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years. "

" At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just helps with your speaking voice also, when you connect your diaphragm and your breath. "