Sonja Sohn famous quotes

03-28-2025

This career essentially chased me down while I was on the spoken-word scene in New York. I kept hearing that my delivery of my poetry - which was very personal and cathartic at the time- was very moving to folks. People thought that I was an actress because of my delivery, when I was just dropping into the work and really pouring out my soul.
-- Sonja Sohn

#New York #Moving #Careers
To call the police is a really big deal because you don't snitch - that's the culture you grow up in.
-- Sonja Sohn

#Growing Up #Police #Culture
Even though the neighborhood I grew up in had some unhealthy elements, there was a caring there where you knew that you didn't want to get caught doing something wrong. There were bright spots in the neighborhood where I felt nurtured on a community level.
-- Sonja Sohn

#Caring #Community #Elements
I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later on in my 20s, that I actually saw that I had writing talent.
-- Sonja Sohn

#School #Writing #Zines
I realized that there was something internal that I could gain from pursuing this career as an actor. However, once I got into the business I just really abhorred what this career can drum up inside of a person.
-- Sonja Sohn

#Careers #Gains #Actors
I studied acting for five years. I quit college at that point. You know, I go hard. When I know I'm supposed to go in a direction, I'm fully committed and I go all the way. Everything falls to the side and I'm all in. So I completely dove into acting even though I was almost 30.
-- Sonja Sohn

#Fall #College #Years
I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I'd go home and my home life was so miserable that it just felt like I was doing everything that I was supposed to do. I did all my chores, made really good grades, and I was excelling at school, but I wasn't happy.
-- Sonja Sohn

#School #Home #Miserable
My own perception of cops was that they came into your neighborhood, they roughed up people that you loved for no reason and took them away. As a child you saw that.
-- Sonja Sohn

#Children #People #Perception
Why don't you just ease up a little bit, just be professional. Maybe you're over-investing - maybe you're caring a little too much.
-- Sonja Sohn

#Caring #Investing #Ease
In terms of having to uphold something, I don't need any added pressure. I need to be free in the work.
-- Sonja Sohn

#Needs #Pressure #Term
It's hard to get money to support your [non-profit] organization if you have no evidence. It's very much like the acting business: You need an agent and manager so you can get a job to get resources, but you can't get an agent and a manager unless people see your work.
-- Sonja Sohn

#Jobs #Organization #People

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