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Nazanin Nour

“I’ve always had a passion for explaining our culture and history to people who aren’t familiar with it. In the last forty-three years...

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Kehinde Wiley

“Portraiture is trying to approximate the temperature of someone. The way that they dress, the way that they see themselves as elevated. I...

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Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi

“For the next fifty years, thinking about abortion as an essential human right is critical. The next chapter has to be a lot more complex than...

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Ke Huy Quan

“Over the past few months, many people have come up to me and told me that our movie changed their life, and they start crying. That’s the most...

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Claire Foy

“I’ve seen a different way of making things with Women Talking. We can be more professional in the creative industry, while still being...

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A Talk Easy Holiday Special

Happy holidays! For our sixth annual Talk Easy holiday special, we’ve partnered with the Audre Lorde Project to celebrate. Named after the...

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Maria Ressa

“Democracy is fragile. You have to fight for every bit, every law, every safeguard, every institution, every story. You must know how dangerous...

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Lake Bell

“Early on, I narrowed in on an interest in the human voice—and why we sound the way we do. I noticed the joy of other voices. It’s my...

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Dev Hynes

“Blood Orange is my emotional outlet. Making music that takes me to a different place is my only form of expression. That is how I can...

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Kumail Nanjiani

“There are moments where I force myself to confront what I’m terrified of, which is how I felt with Welcome To Chippendales. Every single...

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Judd Apatow

“There’s a moment in your youth where you have your big story. Early on, a lot of people make their Boogie Nights. The level of passion...

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Kara Swisher

“I believe in people more than other people do. Everyone was going into this election dire, and I thought, I believe in voters. You don’t have...

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George Saunders

“Writing offers a falling away of something; a loss of judgment, a quieting of rumination. It’s hard to make the case for the value of...

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James Gray

“If everybody loves it when they first see a painting, read the book, or watch a movie, there’s something wrong. It means that it went...

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Nick Kroll

“I have always found that through specifics, you find the universal. In recent years, as opposed to observing some kid on the subway or a man in a...

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Eddie Redmayne

“The most curious thing about the script for The Good Nurse was that empathy felt at the forefront of who Charles Cullen was. There was a...

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Cori Bush

“I’m not willing to take off the hat of the activist to be in Congress. I think I’ve proven that you can do both. When we tell our...

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Quinta Brunson

“The second season of Abbott allowed me to trust myself even more. You hope your art is received in the way you intended it to be. And the first...

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