Danai Gurira Quotes

I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.

Danai Gurira

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 14, 1978

Topics

TrainingFightPerformanceLearnYou

The shouting and opinion and jokes don't exist if there isn't first a story.

Jim Lehrer

OpinionStoryFirstJokesShouting

It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that's OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

Jim Carrey

MeProcessAppreciateRecognition

I've also shot plenty of films with very small audiences - 'The Sun Also Rises.' I love that film, but I didn't capture the imagination of the audience. I don't know why.

Jiang Wen

LoveImaginationSunSmallKnowWhy

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

WomanManPerformanceBe Different

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

Maya Lin

ThoughtWantArtistsNecessarySome

When we talk about the kind of folks whose lives will be made better by raising the minimum wage, we're not talking about a couple teenagers earning extra spending money to supplement their allowance. We're talking about providers and breadwinners. Working Americans with bills to pay and mouths to feed.

Tom Perez

MoneyBetterTalkingKindWillTalk

My focus isn't Hollywood; my focus is using Hollywood as an example. Because what happens here does happen everywhere. It's just a really concentrated and tense version here.

Rose McGowan

FocusHollywoodHappenHereExample

I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent. America has watched me parent my children on TV for six years. They know what kind of parent I am.

Rosie O'Donnell

ChildrenI AmMeThinkParentGay

I think Eric Bana would be a good Superman. He's got that look. I think he'd be a great Superman.

Lou Ferrigno

GoodGreatThinkLookSupermanGot

A typical day for me on tour is a marathon - it's like five days rolled into one.

Dierks Bentley

DayMeMarathonDaysFiveTour

People say to me now, 'Oh, you've given up the piano.' How can you? Music is a virus.

Christian McKay

MusicPeopleMeYouNowSay

If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.

Cory Monteith

FunPeopleMeCoolWorldEnd

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