African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at Juilliard, and we learned Shakespeare and Shaw, but we never did the work of a single African-American playwright, not August Wilson or Ntozake Shange or Imir Baraka.

Tracie Thoms

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It's amazing that it's considered revolutionary to wear my hair t... by Tracie Thoms

It's amazing that it's considered revolutionary to wear my hair the way it grows out of my head.

revolutionary hair way

People can graduate from beauty school and know everything about white hair and nothing about African-American hair.

white-hair people school

I think theater will always be my first love. Ive been doing it since I was nine, and theres nothing quite like being on stage, having the immediate intake of energy and exchange of ideas.

first-love ideas thinking

The L.A. theater scene is very different. The perception has been that people who love theater do theater in New York. The people who want to be discovered do theater on the side in L.A. But there are people who are very dedicated to theater who love theater in L.A.

new perception love people

I'm really looking forward to developing just really fun, complex, interesting stories about people who happen to be black.

looking black fun people

I like shows that are ensemble-based, that explore the humanity o... by Tracie Thoms

I like shows that are ensemble-based, that explore the humanity of every character.

explore like humanity character