Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Quotes
The first theater subscription I ever bought was the August Wilson season at Signature. I remember thinking a whole season to one playwright was a great way for a master to do a victory lap.
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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I have to live within my memories, within my private universe, and continually return to China, the land where my thoughts are locked. This is a very painful kind of existence, this feeling of nowhereness.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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I live in, literally, the same home when I was swiping my first bank card and wondering if I'd have to put back the Charmin. We still don't have a dishwasher. My mom has done all these gardens so now my house looks like the garden shack in the middle of Versailles.
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Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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I was bullied; I was kind of a girl in the corner. So acting was a great outlet for me by pretending to be someone else.
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I have this concept that I call 'Combo Meals.' The idea is that I start with the kids' meal and then add a few more ingredients, and it becomes the adult meal. This way I'm not making two entirely separate dishes. I'm just simply adding on to what I'm already making.
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Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.
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The first theater subscription I ever bought was the August Wilson season at Signature. I remember thinking a whole season to one playwright was a great way for a master to do a victory lap.
