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Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce
American Actor
Born: Dec 8, 1962
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Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture. Wendell Pierce
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid. Wendell Pierce
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The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable. Wendell Pierce
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The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development. Wendell Pierce
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Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe. Wendell Pierce
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I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it. Wendell Pierce
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At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just helps with your speaking voice also, when you connect your diaphragm and your breath. Wendell Pierce
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The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will. Wendell Pierce
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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. Wendell Pierce
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on. Wendell Pierce
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In 1974, when the city of Boston was desegregating its schools, I watched the news with my dad and saw the police escorts in riot gear, the protesters screaming at the buses, small frightened faces in their windows. Wendell Pierce
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My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that. Wendell Pierce
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David Simon is a brilliant writer, brilliant at being able to take what is ordinary and make it extraordinary. Wendell Pierce
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My mother was a teacher for 40 years. She was part of the United Teachers of New Orleans. Wendell Pierce
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I have so much love for art. Wendell Pierce
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I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do. Wendell Pierce
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I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible because it challenges me as an actor. Wendell Pierce
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I'm a multitasker, and I kind of like it that way. Wendell Pierce
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Coming out of school, sometimes people can be theater snobs. I only wanted to do theater, highbrow stuff. But what I learned very quickly is there can be good material in every genre. Wendell Pierce
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It strengthens the acting muscles to tap into other parts of yourself. When you can accomplish something that's unexpected, for you as well as the audience, that's really important. It's also very important if you want people considering you for other projects to broaden their view of you. Wendell Pierce
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One of the great things my grandparents and grandparents taught me was, there are those who don't have your best interests at heart. Wendell Pierce
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The key, I always thought, to my career would be diversity - a diversity of not only the type of work that you do but the mediums. Wendell Pierce
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Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything. Wendell Pierce
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Great art, the more specific you are, the more universal it becomes, and that's the thing that I loved about 'The Wire.' Wendell Pierce
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I would love to do an anthology show based on the character of Jesse B. Semple that Langston Hughes wrote about. He's sort of a Forrest Gump character in the midst of 20th century Harlem. Wendell Pierce
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I would love to see a real story about Fred Hampton. Wendell Pierce
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