Sonja Sohn Quotes

• This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was very personal and cathartic at the time- was very moving to folks. People thought that I was an actress because of my delivery, when I was just dropping into the work and really pouring out my soul.

  Sonja Sohn

  New York, Moving, Careers

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• To call the police is a really big deal because you don't snitch - that's the culture you grow up in.

  Sonja Sohn

  Growing Up, Police, Culture

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• I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later on in my 20s, that I actually saw that I had writing talent.

  Sonja Sohn

  Writing, School, Zines

  "Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2012.

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• Why don't you just ease up a little bit, just be professional. Maybe you're over-investing - maybe you're caring a little too much.

  Sonja Sohn

  Caring, Investing, Ease

  "Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2012.

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• In terms of having to uphold something, I don't need any added pressure. I need to be free in the work.

  Sonja Sohn

  Needs, Pressure, Term

  "Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2012.

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• It's hard to get money to support your [non-profit] organization if you have no evidence. It's very much like the acting business: You need an agent and manager so you can get a job to get resources, but you can't get an agent and a manager unless people see your work.

  Sonja Sohn

  Empleo, Organización, Personas

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• I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I'd go home and my home life was so miserable that it just felt like I was doing everything that I was supposed to do. I did all my chores, made really good grades, and I was excelling at school, but I wasn't happy.

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  Home, School, Miserable

  "Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2012.

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• My own perception of cops was that they came into your neighborhood, they roughed up people that you loved for no reason and took them away. As a child you saw that.

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  Children, People, Perception

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• I realized that there was something internal that I could gain from pursuing this career as an actor. However, once I got into the business I just really abhorred what this career can drum up inside of a person.

  Sonja Sohn

  Careers, Actors, Gains

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• Even though the neighborhood I grew up in had some unhealthy elements, there was a caring there where you knew that you didn't want to get caught doing something wrong. There were bright spots in the neighborhood where I felt nurtured on a community level.

  Sonja Sohn

  Caring, Community, Elements

  "Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2012.

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• Estudié interpretación durante cinco años. Dejé la universidad en ese momento. Ya sabes, voy duro. Cuando sé que debo ir en una dirección, me comprometo totalmente y voy hasta el final. Todo cae a un lado y estoy en todo. Así que me sumergí completamente en la actuación a pesar de que tenía casi 30 años.

  Sonja Sohn

  Fall, College, Years

  "Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. March 15, 2012.

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