I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change.
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Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.
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Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.
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In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite.
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The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before.
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Two, I actually learned a lot of things that served me very well when it came to repeating performances on stage, because it is a craft and you do need a technique for it.
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I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.
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It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was involved in reading Chinese history, or languages, or whatever.
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But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.
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I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning foreign policy. But as a citizen in a democracy, it's very important that I participate in that.
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