American - Actor | January 8, 1957 -
'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.
Ron Cephas Jones
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When you know your history, you have a better vision of where you're going. And, when you have that, there's no stopping you.
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Jazz, and the history of jazz, is the history of America.
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I learned a lot about American history though jazz, and that's why I loved American history when I was in high school. I could hear different stories - the story that they would tell in school, and then the story that I would hear in the music.
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My daughter gets a lot of her natural music ability from her mother because she's a world-class singer, also.
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As we like to say on 'This Is Us,' death is not a release. Our main character has never been alive for the entire run!
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Life is precious - very, very precious.
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When you're young, you want things to happen right away. And sometimes that doesn't always develop in the way you want it to. But my thing was to continue to work, in whatever element I could.
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Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you're doing.
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There's a fine line between lead actor and supporting actor.
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I think most actors don't start out wanting to be either a lead or a character actor. You just really want to work, whatever manifestation that takes.
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I have people that have died from cancer and friends that are dealing with cancer.
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