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How do you project a character if you don't have a sense of where she is from? I've always just gotten on a plane to go to the area to get a sense of what it is like, to smell it, feel the earth, hear people talk, go to the marketplaces.

~Cicely Tyson

Topics: Always Area Character Earth Feel Get Go Gotten Hear Hear People How Just Like People Plane Project Sense She Smell Talk Where You

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I feel so guilty about the state of young people today. And I say that because our generation fought for everything. We fought to sit down at a counter, to sit on a bus. They were left with nothing to fight for.

~Cicely Tyson

Topics: About Because Bus Counter Down Everything Feel Fight Fought Generation Guilty Left Nothing Our Our Generation People Say Sit State Today Were Young Young People I Feel

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Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can.

~Cicely Tyson

Topics: Am Because Best Career Challenge Choosing Consider Doing Enjoy Job Just Now Perfectly Possible Roles Simply Them Willing I Am I Can

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As far as 'Jane Pittman,' I don't know that I could verbalize, to this day, what I felt once I got into that role. I did a tremendous amount of research. I need to feel as though I am in the person's skin.

~Cicely Tyson

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I didn't want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us - I was the middle child - and we spent our time in church from Sunday morning to Saturday night.

~Cicely Tyson

Topics: Actress Because Being Child Children Church Middle Morning Never Night Our Our Time Saturday Saturday Night Spent Sunday Sunday Morning Thought Three Time Us Want Were

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: December 19th, 1933

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