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" You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them. "
Adam Beach
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" I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,' I relied on my instinct and what I grew up with. I had this energy, but it was a one-dimensional thing. "
Adam Beach
Doing
Smoke
Never
" It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and who he is and what he's about. "
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Know
Because
Back
" When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment. "
Adam Beach
Man
Loss
Time
" I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I got my first movie, and I gave it my best. Before I was done with that movie, I was offered my first feature film. "
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You
Always
See
" I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my friends would eat that grass, like that was our lunch. "
Adam Beach
Kid
Grass
Friends
" I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I'm very familiar with the history of Natives in the military. And growing up as an American Indian myself, the story of Ira Hayes is one that is often told. "
Adam Beach
History
Growing Up
Spiritual
" Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet. "
Adam Beach
Death
Parents
Me
" I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we could fool around, and drama was it because we'd do improvs, beating each other up. They left a year later, and I stayed in and got a knack for it, and enjoyed the whole process. "
Adam Beach
School
Fool
High School
" Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities. "
Adam Beach
Road
Life
Work
" Once you lose your parents, you get this numbness, this feeling of having to really be able to connect yourself with someone. I depended on my brothers for that connection, but to have that feeling of being taken care of... I lost it when my parents passed away. "
Adam Beach
Yourself
Care
Parents
" With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself. "
Adam Beach
Parents
Opportunity
Myself
" When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work now, people call me 'Chief.' "
Adam Beach
Friends
Me
People
" I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground. "
Adam Beach
Ground
How
Learned
" As a kid, I was just led out in the morning to go spend my day with my friends and just run in the woods. And I'd only come home to eat or when I was thirsty. "
Adam Beach
Morning
Woods
Day
" Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives. "
Adam Beach
People
Change
Know
" I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television. "
Adam Beach
See
Success
Meaning
" I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope. "
Adam Beach
Hope
Change
Inspirational
" I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected. "
Adam Beach
Feel
Will
Spirit
" What's nice about 'Skinwalkers' is it's allowing an audience to see a different Indian perspective... I think, for myself, I'm trying to put the Indian perspective in a different dimension. "
Adam Beach
Nice
Myself
Trying
" When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was my goal. "
Adam Beach
Wanted
Acting
Goal
" I go to South Dakota for ceremonies when I have the time. And when you learn what the Indian peoples have gone through to hold onto their culture and traditions... wow, it's an amazing story. "
Adam Beach
You
Amazing
Culture