Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
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I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.
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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.
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Truth is a tendency.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start thinking about the world of germs around us.
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I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did.
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We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that?
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I like auditioning! A lot of people hate it, but I like it.
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Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
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The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character.
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Wars have not solved anything in our region. They have only caused misery, suffering, bereavement, and hatred.
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In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.
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While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.
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Obviously, SNL has a lot of viewers, but the potential for a movie is through the roof.
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There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I could not stress enough how little we [actors] prepare and what small amount of time we put in before these shows.
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Emotions are enmeshed in the neural networks of reason.
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There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.
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In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.
