#red

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know? ↗

— Kerry Washington

#always #background #because #been #come

I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#honoured #i #intelligent #portray #roles

It's really rare as a teenager to be offered a role that actually resembles what it's like to be a teenager, because there are so many stereotypes that might be attractive to watch, but make you think: 'Who is that? Who has that life at 16?' ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#attractive #because #life #like #make

I think that our primary concern is that the membership in our industry become active. I'm not talking about the candidates being active. I'm talking about the few hundred thousand people who work in the industry around the United States. ↗

— Lew Wasserman

#active #around #become #being #candidates

I think the executives have matured enough so that they recognize that we have a two-party system. In California, we have more than a two-party system. ↗

— Lew Wasserman

#enough #executives #i #i think #matured

There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live. ↗

— Gedde Watanabe

#cry #exemplary #find #i #incredibly

After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#annoyed #cheering #colored #dreaded #hadn

Asking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#asking #considered #i #impossible #pay

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#best #bring #credit #gave #intelligence

Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#frenzy #me #mother #release #she