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"Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."
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"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."
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"And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on."
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"But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting."
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"I think that you get something for your acting from almost anything you do."
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"I always wanted to go into acting."
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"Acting is what happens on the way."
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"In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching."
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"Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented."
Luck
"If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers."
American
"When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it."
Work
"I don't really view communism as a bad thing."
Communism
"I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do."
Time
"It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do."
Power
"That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in."
Nature
"For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues."
Artist
"I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies."
Movies
"You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done."
Shame
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