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“People aren't social. They're tribal. Race doesn't exist, but tribes are real.”

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Mat Johnson, born in August 1970, is an American writer whose works span across novels, essays, and criticism. He is known for his unique narrative style and profound exploration of issues such as race, identity, and gender. more

“After you read the script, then you actually just have to be in the moment you're in, in order to make it believable. You can't give it away. You can't tip it off. For me, it's always about being truthful in the moment I'm in. Hopefully, being able to reveal what I'm feeling, you have to believe it.”

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Author:Victor Garber

“The only set thing I do is that I really, really memorize the lines. I've gotta be so comfortable with the words.”

Lines Comfortable

Author:Victor Garber

“I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in a contemporary film, there's often room for improvisation and spontaneous things that happen. As long as I know what I'm trying to achieve in the scene, and when something comes up, I know that the response is genuine, I'm comfortable. That's really how I build everything.”

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Author:Victor Garber

“Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.”

Knows Minutes Nerves

Author:Mat Johnson

“An interesting difference between African-American humor and Jewish humor, in it's kind of basic or maybe most austere type form is, African-American humor, some of it comes out of playing the dozens in which you insult the other person or insult the other person's mother, and so much of Jewish humor is like, you're insulting yourself. It's totally self-deprecating.”

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Author:Terry Gross

“One of my younger homies, he went to jail, and some people came to me and were like, "Bail him out," and I said no. Why would I bail him out? He's going to prison. Let him sit and get some time served. You want to be crazy, but you don't want to go to jail. You want to shoot people, but you don't want to kill people. That's such a misleading thing.”

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Author:Vince Staples

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