American - Actress | October 21, 1949 -
Shakespeare wrote about what was happening during the time; it still relates to us now.
LaTanya Richardson
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I think most Americans, when we're building a character, we look at the specificity of what that person is, in particular.
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I think that we're reducing who we are as human beings to these cell phones and these devices; now we don't even want to pick up a telephone to talk - we just text.
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I'm always in awe at how fast television is and how quickly you're called upon to be 100 percent invested in a character with the lines.
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I came to New York in 1974, when I graduated from college. And you had to use 'Backstage' because all of the auditions were listed there. Most people didn't come with agents, so you got to see a lot of what was auditioning and when and where. 'Backstage' made sure you knew the major places.
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It used to just be a SAG card, and then you got an AFTRA card. I got my AFTRA card doing a commercial in Atlanta. I got my SAG card doing a beer commercial from 100 years ago; it was one of the first national commercials with a family in it that was black and normal, and I played the daughter.
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There is no one American beauty or just one beautiful color in the pantheon, especially in regards to black people - there is no better color.
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The theater is the reason I am an actress.
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If you can make it in theater, you can make it anywhere.
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From the moment I saw 'Camelot' as a kid, the organic inclination of performing before a live audience is raw and visceral. Once you're out there, there's no yelling 'Cut!' or any such thing as a do-over because that moment has passed, and you're in it as it's happened and gone, sharing it with everyone.
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I know it's a stock answer, but besides acting, I'd love to produce and direct.
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I've had the luxury of not having to work because of my husband.
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