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“Whatever is the scariest is almost always what I end up choosing.”

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Audra McDonald is an accomplished American actress known for her performances on Broadway and television. Born on July 3, 1970, she is a versatile artist who has won numerous awards for her work in theater, film, and television. McDonald received a Tony Award for her performance in 'The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess', which is her sixth Tony Award. more

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“I'm still an artist who's searching, trying to evolve, an artist who - nine times out of ten - is dissatisfied with her work, and beats herself, and goes out there and tries again and again, and falls on her face and looks for new challenges.”

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“In the performing arts you have to have thick, thick, thick skin, because of all the rejection you face on a daily basis, and the fact that work never lasts for very long. But you need thin, thin, thin skin in order to access all of your emotions and your creativity so that you can express it. You can't be dead inside. Otherwise you've got nothing to give. So it's a paradox, that we have to exist in both planes in order to do what we do.”

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“I think a part of evolution is the desire to know yourself, and know the world you live in, and discover everything you can about the world you live in. That world can be the microcosm of your own emotions, or a society, or the cosmos. There's this constant desire for knowledge.”

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“I think it's absolutely essential to encourage creativity. I think we come in as these wide-eyed sponges, ready to create and absorb and evolve, and I think more often than not we are squashed, the older we get.”

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