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Debbie Allen

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Debbie Allen, born on January 16, 1950, is an American actress with a diverse career in the entertainment industry. She is known for her performances in television and film. Allen gained widespread recognition in the 1980s and 1990s for her role as Missanne Johnson in the TV series 'Fame'. She has since appeared in numerous television and film projects.

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“Self-checkout is negative because more and more retailers are losing the personal touch. People want to do business where people know their name and communicate with them. With a world full of email and more self-service we will begin to start seeking out the basics from retailers who create emotion. There is not emotion out of self-service and most people buy out of emotion.”

People Knows World Want Self Names Emotion Losing Negative Seeking Communicate Email Basics Retailers Checkouts Personal Touch Self Service

Author:Debbie Allen

“Failure: Is it a limitation? Bad timing? It's a lot of things. It's something you can't be afraid of, because you'll stop growing. The next step beyond failure could be your biggest success in life.”

Inspirational Success Next Steps Growing Failure Defeat African American Limitation Timing Success In Life Next Steps Choreographers Fiasco Failure Is Not An Option Bad Timing

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“I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table.”

Thinking Film Actors Directors Tables Casts Good Directors

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“As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.”

Years Art Literature Rooted Renaissance Harlem Art Music Love Literature Harlem Renaissance

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“I've had a lot of experience auditioning people, and I can do it rather quickly even though sometimes I let them linger and give them time, but I kind of know after I see them do a couple of steps. I know.”

People Knows Giving Kind I Can Sometimes Can Do Steps Couple I Can Do It

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“I'm driven by passion. I mean, I am tired right now. I work to a point of abandon. I am fueled by my understanding of the need for self-expression that exists for young people.”

People Needs Mean Self Young Passion Understanding Expression Right Now Tired Driven Abandon Self Expression

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“If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and get them looking at themselves differently, it's amazing.”

Ifs Feels Persons Done Whole Like You

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“Fame is fleeting, honey. Fame is fleeting and it changes.”

Fame Honey Fleeting

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“There was a time when fame meant that you were either someone who is really gifted in your field or you were making an impact or you are famous because you were a really horrible person, you know? But now, you can become famous by eating a frog. It's just not the same thing.”

Knows Persons Fields Fame Eating Impact Horrible Gifted Frogs Horrible Person

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“There are so many famous people now that are not really gifted or talented at doing anything other than getting made up, putting on tight dresses, acting badly, getting married. I mean, what the hell? I don't know where we are going with this here in America. And we are setting a tone for the world, because everyone looks at what we do.”

People Knows World Looks Mean Made America Acting Hell Married Dresses Setting Settings Tone Gifted Getting Married Tight Dresses Acting Badly

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“You have to continue to believe in yourself, know your value and continue to work on honing your skills. I was rejected by everyone but here I sit. So you have to stay in the game, you can't just fall apart. Hopefully those challenges will make you stronger, it did for me.”

Believe Values Fall Challenges Stronger Hopefully Believe In Yourself Rejected Believe In You Falling Apart

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“My mother Vivian Ayers always instilled within her children that our opinions, our thoughts and our ideas about what was possible was important. My mother made me feel that I was important as a thinker at four-years-old. And I instill that within my students everyday.”

Children Important Mother Opinion Students Everyday Thinker

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“But out of limitations comes creativity.”

Creativity Limitation

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“The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.”

Firsts Understanding Scene Pages Shooting

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“There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.”

Moving Masters Scene Sweeping

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“In places in the world where we don't speak the same language, or even understand that we pray to the same God, we dance to the same beat, that is the ONE.”

World Speak Language Praying Beats Places In The World

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“As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them.”

Thinking Knows Needs Reason Ten Concerned Pacing

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“I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it.”

World Real Use Lays Smooth Furniture Staples Dance Floor Seamless

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“I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?”

Ifs Needs Looks Actors Mark Cameras

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“Time management is a big part of the director's job.”

Bigs Jobs Directors Management Time Management

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“I'm always moving forward.”

Moving Moving Forward Keep Moving Keep Moving Forward Always Moving Always Moving Forward

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“Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves as citizens of the world, not of a block.”

World Beautiful Saws Citizens Racism Independent Raised Block Being True Racist Midst Segregation

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“The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.”

Today Television Radio

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“It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage.”

Thinking Men Children Hands Remember Sound Seeing Stage Style He Man Arms Shots Golden

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“Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.”

Play Streets West Indian Prophet Riot Harlem

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“The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that.”

Made Body Today Fit Clothes Size Women's Bodies

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“You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?”

Feels Firsts Persons Acting Talking Scene Pages Basics

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“I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.”

Want Looks Walks Design Shots Cameras Rehearsal

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“It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.”

Knows Way Kind Know How Cutting Dangerous Direct Cameras

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“That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene.”

Ifs Way I Can Ends Vision Scene Liable

Author:Debbie Allen

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Born: January 16, 1950
Known for: Actress
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