Kasi Lemmons Quotes
I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.
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I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
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I had no interest in being an actress what so ever, and when I was about 14 or 15, I was signed to a company in England. They owned a children's TV show which they put me in as a singer, and I was on the show for three years, and I left the show when I was 18 and started looking for a record contract.
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I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.
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When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
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I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.
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The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.
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That's why I'm an actress, to do something completely opposite from myself.
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I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me.
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I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I became.
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There are hits and misses, and as an actress, we are mentally ready for all that.
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When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.
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I started off as a model and struggled for some time until I got a break as an actress. I was too stubborn to let go and was sure I was in the right place at the right time. I just fought and I think that's how I am where I am today.
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I didn't really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee's movies, I would think, 'Where is a place for me?' We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.
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We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.
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I'm a filmmaker. I like to ask the questions, make others feel vulnerable. I don't want to be vulnerable.
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An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
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To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I'm always, like, just in it. It's like, 'Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I'm so happy.'
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The gift we can offer others is so simple a thing as hope.
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I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness.
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I'm pretty much a dinosaur in the studio. I like things hand-drawn, even today. The story artists use Cintiqs, but I'm the only person who hasn't completely converted to computers. I like the Cintiq, but there's something about the raw emotional power of using paper and pencil.
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There is something about guns that inhibits understanding. It is not just that they can put an end to argument. They somehow generate beliefs that are obviously contrary to observable fact.
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I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.
