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I stumbled onto the best profession to heal my childhood: the only one that lets you release and express whatever is ugly and messy and beautiful about your life. We're in the business of creating human beings. The more we spew, and the more honestly we do it, the better. Try that on Wall Street.

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I was bullied at school. The black girl in Central Falls, Rhode Island, in 1973. There'd be 8 or 10 boys; I would count them as I was running.

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So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.

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Those things that we probably are ashamed of as human beings, certain things that no one would ever talk about - as actors, when we transform into a character, we empathize with those moments.

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August Wilson is the one writer that writes about men like my father, who had a fifth grade education, who was a janitor at McDonald's.

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'Rebel' is not a word I would describe for myself, but I feel like I was a total rebel being an actor. It made me feel like there was something in me, a passion, a love - and that I didn't just squelch it.

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When people come into the theater, whether it's the screen or the stage, they've gotta be transported and transformed.

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When you're poor, you are invisible. Every poor person will tell you nobody sees you. So being famous was me just wanting to be seen.

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We didn't have money all the time to do laundry. A lot of the time, we didn't have soap or hot water. We were smart kids academically, but we'd go to school smelling.

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The big 'Aha!' moment is that the trauma never goes away.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: August 11th, 1965

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