I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.
Anna Deavere SmithI think some of our most talented people are not going to pick the arts as a way that they're going to spend their lives.
Anna Deavere SmithPresident Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.
Anna Deavere Smith