Ashly Burch Quotes
I've been very lucky to have had the opportunity to play a diverse cast of characters in the short time I've been a voice actor.
Quotes to Explore
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High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.
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I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
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I remain on 'SVU' because it is an incredible opportunity.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.
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I'm open to all kind of scripts. As long as there's enough scope to perform, I'd take up the offer. In fact, before Yuvan and 'TT' happened, I got an opportunity to work with a top actor-director combination. But my height proved to be a setback.
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Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,' he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.
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I don't think people know how much time and effort truly goes into the game and goes into simply just scoring a touchdown. So when you get that opportunity, you should be able to be free and be relaxed from all the pressure that went into scoring that touchdown and have fun.
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My so-called bad dress-sense phase happened when I was confused - I think I was taking advice all too often, without listening to my inner voice. Add to the fact that I was a little overweight; so every wrong 'outfit' got compounded all that much.
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The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
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I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.
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If 'New Girl' had been a movie, I don't know whether I would have been given the opportunity to do it.
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Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference.
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I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.
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Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
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Don't ever take a dramatic lesson. They will try to put your voice in a dinner jacket, and people like their hominy and grits in everyday clothes.
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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.
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If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.
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I want to try something different in Hollywood, to tell the audience I am not just an actor star - I am an actor, too.
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You can't speak freely and openly on the most important issue of the day because you're fearful that your closet is going to come and haunt you. I choose to air my closet.
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I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.
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[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.
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I've been very lucky to have had the opportunity to play a diverse cast of characters in the short time I've been a voice actor.
