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" Jon Voight is a consummate American actor. "
Wendell Pierce
American
Consummate
Actor
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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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" 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. "
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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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" I would love to see a real story about Fred Hampton. "
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" The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable. "
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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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" One of the great things my grandparents and grandparents taught me was, there are those who don't have your best interests at heart. "
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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 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a multitasker, and I kind of like it that way. "
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" 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. "
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" Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything. "
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" Ultimately, I would love to do 'The Emperor of Ocean Park' by Stephen Carter. "
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" My mother was a teacher for 40 years. She was part of the United Teachers of New Orleans. "
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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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" David Simon is a brilliant writer, brilliant at being able to take what is ordinary and make it extraordinary. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do. "
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" A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play. "
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" 'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of. "
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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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" 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 social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development. "
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