Joan Hickson Quotes
I watch these old films in black and white, and suddenly the door opens, and there I am. The other day, I was wearing the most awful hat.
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At some hotels, I feel like I have to be dressed to the nines - perfectly eccentric - to walk out the door.
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The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
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When in life do you get a black and white printout that says this is what you should do? It just doesn't happen.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy & Me.'
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
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It's an ongoing joke that a black man is always the first one to get killed in movies.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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I think that it's hard enough being an adolescent and wanting so much to fit in with your peers, your schoolmates, and to erase any sign of difference, to be part of the group. And being biracial but also being black in a predominately white school marked me as different.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I wrote a script with my brother which ended up, somehow, on the Black List in 2008.
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After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
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I would never say that being Bob Marley's son has been a pressure. It has been a door opener.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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Touring is really a pretty lonely business.
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People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.
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'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.
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Life is too short not to experiment.
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I would like to do a music person's story, a bio. I've wanted to do Aaliyah forever. But I don't want it to always be like, 'I'm singing again in a movie.'
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I'm a 40-year-old, and I have a 5-year-old kid. I don't want to be unhealthy. I want to be around for as long as I can.
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People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my first major and my last at the place that changed my life.
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I watch these old films in black and white, and suddenly the door opens, and there I am. The other day, I was wearing the most awful hat.
