Lorraine Toussaint Quotes

• When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.

  Lorraine Toussaint

  Arte, Oportunidad, Pensamiento

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• The light and the dark are the same. They share. They really do rub up against each other, and they are extraordinarily familiar with each other. They are actually friends.

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  Dark, Light, Share

  Source: collider.com

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• As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her.

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  Character, Order, Play

  "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Hollywood Starlette Lorraine Toussaint". Interview with Kristin Downer, www.nerdprobs.com. November 1, 2015.

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• We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. Theres a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

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  Dark, Self, Shadow

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• I am so proud of Amelia Boynton. I can burst with pride.

  Lorraine Toussaint

  Pride, Proud, Amelia

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• We actors are superstitious creatures. We do all the homework and we put all of the components together, but there's always one key aspect that we're not in charge of, really, and that's magic. You are always on the lookout for where and how that magic is going to ignite. When you have worked as much as I have and have sought it out as often as I do, you get very clear that it will come at very, very odd, unexpected moments.

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  Keys, Magic, Together

  Source: collider.com

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• When stepping into the mind of a psychopath, you realize that there is something missing in their brain that they do not understand the consequences of their actions- in a sense.

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  Falta, Cerebro, Mente

  "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Hollywood Starlette Lorraine Toussaint". Interview with Kristin Downer, www.nerdprobs.com. November 1, 2015.

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• Being a mom myself and it being a huge and important part of who I am, made it easier for me to play the role of a strong, fierce, giving mom...

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  Mom, Strong, Who I Am

  "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Hollywood Starlette Lorraine Toussaint". Interview with Kristin Downer, www.nerdprobs.com. November 1, 2015.

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• It is the ordinariness of us that is the same in all of us.

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  Ordinariez

  Source: collider.com

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• Lo ordinario es, en última instancia, lo que nos conmueve más profundamente. Es lo que nos conmueve, y es lo que más reconocemos, en los grandes momentos del arte.

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  Art, Moving, Ordinary

  Source: collider.com

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• You can't play history and you can't play historical characters. You just have to reduce it to the ordinary.

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  Character, Play, Historical

  Source: collider.com

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• So many young people feel powerless. We live in a world where it feels like it's so big and yet so small, and that your contribution really doesn't matter.

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  People, World, Matter

  Source: collider.com

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• When you're playing a real character, you want to honor that person and receive inspiration from that person. They need to anoint you in some way that allows you to borrow just a small piece of their soul. That is the flame.

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  Real, Inspiration, Character

  Source: collider.com

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• Pretend and real are all real to a psychopath.

  Lorraine Toussaint

  Real, Psychopath

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• As a modern woman, there are things I take for granted, and that shows up in the way I sit, the way I walk, the way I think, and what I know to be possible.

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  Thinking, Modern Woman, Way

  "Lorraine Toussaint Talks SELMA, Spending Time with the Woman She Plays, Bringing Her Daughter to Set, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 24, 2014.

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• Al principio empecé en el teatro como actriz de Shakespeare, antes del cine y la televisión. Siempre he sido una niña artística y sabía que quería actuar desde que tengo uso de razón.

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  Niños, Crecer, Largo

  "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Hollywood Starlette Lorraine Toussaint". Interview with Kristin Downer, www.nerdprobs.com. November 1, 2015.

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• I love characters that are very layered and complex. It's more exciting and different than any simple role- plus, I love a good challenge.

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  Carácter, Simple, Retos

  "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Hollywood Starlette Lorraine Toussaint". Interview with Kristin Downer, www.nerdprobs.com. November 1, 2015.

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• A lot of our young people are sleep-walking, dreaming that they're awake, and lots of aspects of society initially go about keeping it so.

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  Dream, Sleep, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at that area of conscience. What have they done, and what has it cost.

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  Character, Creating, Cost

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers, and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.

  Lorraine Toussaint

  Teacher, Children, Class

  "Selma’s Lorraine Toussaint on Motherhood, a Childhood of ‘Silent, Dark Terror’ and Award Season Buzz". Interview with Caroline Presno, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 25, 2014.

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