There’s a real hierarchy when you’re an actor. And if you’re working on a set with a lot of famous people, you can really be made to feel expendable...
That’s what’s crazy about movies. So many things that are pointed out in the film, or that may be the quest of the character, seemed to be happening...
Part of my job is to bring meaning back into words—coupled with a power analysis that goes deeper than instant coffee politics, which are a byproduct...
The greatest combination is confidence and humbleness. I’m confident that my skill level for comedian is at a high level—but I’m also humble enough...
We’re all part of the same bag of molecules. If you care about anything—like your family, your community, or your ecosystem—then we should try our...
I think it would be hard to be nine years old and to know that by the time you were an adult, half the large animal species in the world would be...
I created an identity for myself to be a person that always gives one hundred percent. I just can’t do less and I’m very stubborn. In every role...
The composers that I know spend time alone and sing to themselves. It’s wonderful because they would never have heard those sounds if they’d been...
The people in the Hollywood system want people that comply. There’s nothing more dangerous than freedom. They don’t want free people because they...
Toyin Ojih Odutola is one of our finest visual artists working today. Her art has been featured in the Whitney, MOMA, and the Smithsonian. She joins...
Last fall, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we turned to the work of photographer Joel Meyerowitz. In the aftermath of that fateful day...
“I never thought in terms of ‘I’m going to buck the system.’ I just thought from day to day, minute to minute, lily pad to lily pad, what am I...
” I am an immigrant mom, and I play an immigrant mom. I do believe that these portrayals change people’s perception of immigrants, which is such a...
“It’s not those big moments that go first; it’s the preparation. And you know you’re not where you need to be if you cannot get up on a random...
“You want to actually begin by trying to understand why people are where they are. And then if you think that they’re in a place that puts themselves...
“Whether it’s the studio, the producers, the actors, art directors– everybody’s got an ego and you have to be very aware of how they’re affecting the...
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