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Jon Voight is a consummate American actor.
I would love to see a real story about Fred Hampton.
Stories work, if they have a beginning, middle and end.
Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community.
The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development.
Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
Ultimately, I would love to do 'The Emperor of Ocean Park' by Stephen Carter.
I tell people all the time: get some training and become a student of your craft.
I just know that 'Treme' broke ground when it comes to music and film on television.
We don't eat to live, we live to eat because that's a part of the creativity of the day.
My mother was a teacher for 40 years. She was part of the United Teachers of New Orleans.
The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything.
We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do.
David Simon is a brilliant writer, brilliant at being able to take what is ordinary and make it extraordinary.
Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.
Great art, the more specific you are, the more universal it becomes, and that's the thing that I loved about 'The Wire.'
There's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.
I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.
The key, I always thought, to my career would be diversity - a diversity of not only the type of work that you do but the mediums.
One of the great things my grandparents and grandparents taught me was, there are those who don't have your best interests at heart.
Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn't about them. It's the story.
The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.
And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
Whenever I go someplace I always buy something, collect something, to help me remember the trip. So I guess I collect mementos from my many travels.
I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.
Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. Its how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible because it challenges me as an actor.
One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour to get to fresh produce and food is unacceptable.
Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.
I understand that we should never lose our right to be offended, so I accept it. But for me it was always a study of human behavior because if we just demonize it, it becomes unreal.
Coming out of school, sometimes people can be theater snobs. I only wanted to do theater, highbrow stuff. But what I learned very quickly is there can be good material in every genre.
What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.
At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just helps with your speaking voice also, when you connect your diaphragm and your breath.
I would love to do an anthology show based on the character of Jesse B. Semple that Langston Hughes wrote about. He's sort of a Forrest Gump character in the midst of 20th century Harlem.
In our house, my dad had a chair. It was a Barcalounger, big and comfortable. If we missed him or wanted comfort when he wasn't home, we'd just climb into the chair and let it envelop us.
I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.
One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
I always wanted to be a journeyman actor. I wanted to be able to do comedy and drama, classical and contemporary. I like to do film and theater. And I pride myself on that diversity of being a journeyman actor.
In 1974, when the city of Boston was desegregating its schools, I watched the news with my dad and saw the police escorts in riot gear, the protesters screaming at the buses, small frightened faces in their windows.
New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture.
I come out of journalism, and then book writing. There, it's just you and your editor and maybe a copy desk, looking over your editor's shoulder, and that's the story. It's right there. I can show it to you because it's on paper.
The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will.
We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. Just to answer the question why does not say I'm validating behavior. I'm just saying, if we're going to be a student of human behavior, be a true student.
The whole idea of jazz came about was the interpretation of the human dialogue, trading fours. When someone's soloing and someone picks up the solo and plays it back at 'em, it was the imitation of the human dialogue. It was how people spoke, through music.