"I was so tired of the parts I had to play.Â There seems little for me in Hollywood, because, rather than real Chinese, producers prefer Hungarians, Mexicans, American Indians for Chinese roles."

-- Anna May Wong

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“When my friends and I would act out movies as kids, we'd play the guys' roles, since they had the most interesting things to do. Decades later, I can hardly believe my sons and daughter are seeing many of the same limited choices in current films.”
“It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then and I still don't have the temperament and don't care for drawing or painting or making art for any other purposes other my own.”

Source : Interview with John O’Connor, www.believermag.com. December 2004.
“Being honest in the spotlight is the worst idea . But I do like when artists are honest and are able to build a persona for the artwork with their honesty. That's really good.”
“Science is not wisdom.”
“Bars are closed on Election Day so people won't vote under the influence. Why are libraries closed?”
“I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that I was fooling somebody - I don't know who or what - maybe myself. I have feelings some days where there are scenes with a lot of responsibility, and I'll wish, 'Gee, if only I had been a cleaning woman.'”
“It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other.”
“How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints.”

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