Top 68 Quotes by Anna Deavere Smith

About Anna Deavere Smith

These are some quotes by American author Anna Deavere Smith Actress, who was born on September 18, 1950.

What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there. And I think if there's anything artistic, it's in that middle space.

What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there. And I think if there's anything artistic, it's in that middle space.

Anna Deavere Smith

Each person has a literature inside them.

Each person has a literature inside them.

Anna Deavere Smith

You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.

You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.

Anna Deavere Smith

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

Anna Deavere Smith

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

Anna Deavere Smith

I talk about race a lot. It's been my work ever since I came out of acting school. But it's true that in a way talking about race is a taboo. Because so many of our debates about race have to do not with race but with what we are willing to see, what we will not see and what we don't want to see.

Anna Deavere Smith

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.

Anna Deavere Smith

I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

Anna Deavere Smith

Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.

Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.

Anna Deavere Smith

In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.

In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.

Anna Deavere Smith

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