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Wes Studi

American Actor

Born: Dec 17, 1947

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It's a dangerous thing to build pipelines underground. Wes Studi

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I myself, as an American Indian, feel like a failure in a way. I have not been able to do anything about the fact that these large corporations are taking so much natural gas and oil out of the soil. It seems like we're always involved in fighting something. It's tiresome. Wes Studi

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An old-codger comedy - that's what I want to do. Wes Studi

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At times, you're welcome, depending on what's being cast. 'Dances with Wolves' - they wanted authentic-looking Indians in the film, and so they got it. The same was true with 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Geronimo.' Wes Studi

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We, as Indian tribes, should be able to prosecute non-Indians on tribal lands. But on Indian land, we have no ability to prosecute anyone but another Indian. American Indians having status as a foreign nation is good for us, but it's not good in some ways if we don't have the jurisdictional power that the federal government claims. Wes Studi

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National sovereignty can only be achieved after self-sovereignty. Wes Studi

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I'm Cherokee, and there were times when social expansion was something that is needed by a cultural group or a national group. Wes Studi

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The western has always been, for me, the bread and butter. It's the easiest place for an identifiable Native American to be able to work. But I do yearn to be known as an actor rather than a 'Native American actor.' Wes Studi

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I think that's every actor's dream, actually: to play lead parts. Wes Studi

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Having watched 'The Lone Ranger,' I asked my dad, 'You think we can be on TV like that guy?' He said, 'Probably not. You have to be 6 feet and blond to work in TV and movies.' I said, 'But what about that guy? Jay Silverheels?' Wes Studi

One of the things I learned early on was the system of believing: you have to believe in what you say. The camera is the arbiter of truth; it's the all-seeing eye that can pick out discrepancies. You can't lie to the camera. You must believe in what you're saying, or the audience won't believe you. Wes Studi

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