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"Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends."

Anna Deavere Smith on Movies

More quotes about Movies

  • "Film spectators are quiet vampires."

    Jim Morrison on Movies

  • "Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic."

    Johnny Depp on Movies

  • "You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies."

    Steve Martin on Movies

  • "This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country."

    Clint Eastwood on Movies

  • "Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."

    Walt Disney on Movies

More quotes by Anna Deavere Smith

  • "Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?"

  • "People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it."

  • "Learning is a tunnel experience that makes us think more broadly."

  • "Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us when we are very, very little. Which is the disrespect and fear of the other."

  • "I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment."

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