I call the language of political figures, pundits and administrators "the haute couture of language."
Anna Deavere SmithI was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.
Anna Deavere SmithI mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.
Anna Deavere SmithMy work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you question, or re-examine, what is the truth.
Anna Deavere Smith