Condola Rashad Quotes

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Condola Rashad

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 11, 1986

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

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I had a period without acting work, and I took a job as a cocktail server. In 'Stick Fly,' my character has to carry a tray, and I knew how to do it because of the job.

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The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.

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I would never be in a film just for the sake of being in a film, so I am waiting for the right role to come along.

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I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

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My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

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When films are remade, it often becomes a big deal. In theater, it's called a revival.

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One day I'm not busy at all; the next day I have work for months - that's kind of the way it works!

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When I was born, that was right smack in the middle of 'The Cosby Show.' But what I remember is my mother took me with her... She exposed me to the world in such a way where I was included. And I didn't feel like she chose her career over me.

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When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, 'Of course you are.' And I'm like 'No,' not, 'Of course I am.' In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime: everybody there is like, 'I was on this reality show; I'm an actor.' It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.

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Orlando is such a kind person. He's so generous and one of us, 'us' meaning a theater person. What a lot of people don't know about him is that, before 'Lord of the Rings,' he went to theater school like a lot of us. He is just really sweet and hard working.

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Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.

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I admire fashion and I respect it greatly, but I don't necessarily follow trends. I never really have. I just wear what I like to wear. I really like colors, and there are some things I wear and don't care what anybody says about it being in style or not. I wear it anyway.

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I want the type of career where I can come back to theater. Theater is my home. Theater, to me, is like ballet for dancers. It's my foundation.

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William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I don't believe it, I have to work really hard to see what that truth is so that I do; that's the only way I can make it believable for the audience.

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You're born with a certain love of something. Music was my first love, and that's the world I work from. Growing up, I was surrounded by artists, so my upbringing supported this lifestyle.

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I do create songs and play the guitar. But my focus is definitely on acting. I think, if there's going to be singing involved in my career, it would probably be in musical theater.

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If I had seen a black woman play Juliet as a little girl, my idea of my place in the world would have been totally different.

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I prefer theater and film. I did a little television, and obviously I'm not knocking it. It can be great, and it does pay the bills. But it's a little bit more disjointed.

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Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

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