I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.
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 SmithI feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.
Anna Deavere SmithWe who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities . . . We have to create our own standards of discipline.
Anna Deavere Smith