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" When you're not working is when you have to stay positive and remind yourself that you're talented. "
Rutina Wesley
Working
Stay
Positive
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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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" 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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" 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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Learn
Feel
Training
" I love 'Flashdance.' I thought it was so cool! "
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I Love
Thought
" People can be really mean - they say the most vicious things. "
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Mean
People
" 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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Sometimes
White
Story
" For me, I have this tough exterior and these Angela Bassett arms, and people think, 'Oh, my God, Rutina's tough.' "
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Think
" Who has ownership over stories these days? "
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Over
Ownership
Stories
" I want to do parts that are outside of the box. "
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Box
Want
Parts
" Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff. "
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Musical Theater
Musicals
Favorite
" I worked as a singing, dancing busgirl in high school. "
Rutina Wesley
Dancing
High School
School
" You know, it cuts both ways... no one wants to lose a job, but everybody wants to work. "
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Lose
Everybody
Job
" Dance is in my background. "
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Background
Dance
" When I got into high school, my favorite artist was definitely Janet Jackson. "
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High
School
High School
" 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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Think
You
Time
" 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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Look
Me
Voice
" New York is home to me. "
Rutina Wesley
New York
York
Home
" That's an actor's dream to get something meaty and juicy and challenging to work on. "
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Actor
Dream
Get
" I always try to make sure that I stay connected to theater so I continue to be inspired. Not that I'm not inspired by television. "
Rutina Wesley
Television
Connected
Always
" My grandmother is very liberal, but... she still has her opinions. "
Rutina Wesley
She
Opinions
Grandmother
" I grew up with a wide range of music. "
Rutina Wesley
Up
Wide Range
Wide
" 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. "
Rutina Wesley
Vegas
University
Theatre
" 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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Run
Car
Road
" 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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Young
School
Learn
" Staying in Vegas would've been too easy for me. "
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Staying
Been
Easy
" I'm a sneaker head. You'll find more sneakers than heels in my closet. "
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You
Head
Find
" At Julliard, they don't teach you where to move your face for the camera, you know? "
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Face
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Teach
" I usually love to go bowling when I'm in Vegas. There's something about Vegas and bowling, do you know what I mean? You know what I mean. Bowling is just the thing to do. "
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Vegas
You
Go
" Viola Davis should be a household name. So should Angela Bassett. "
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Name
Viola