I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others. Katori Hall More Quotes by Katori Hall More Quotes From Katori Hall I'm very Southern in the way I walk in the world. I love to laugh. I love to eat. I love to hug people. But if somebody makes me mad, my neck may roll. I can be aggressive with a Southern twang. Katori Hall walk me love people I'm very opinionated, very intelligent and not afraid to show that. Katori Hall show afraid very intelligent I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being. Katori Hall human-being never being people I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being. Katori Hall king myself me moment As a black woman who grows up in a predominantly white neighborhood, you learn how to perform a 'good' version of yourself. And then when you're with your home girls, you're saying all kinds of stuff that sounds all kinds of crazy, but you understand each other because you're speaking the way that you're comfortable with. Katori Hall woman good you home I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers. Katori Hall black color work people Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in audiences of color and continue to go out to our community and create a continuous connection that extends beyond the one black show in the season. Katori Hall step black community work I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women. Katori Hall feel women black responsibility 'Hurt Village' is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about three minutes away from the Lorraine Hotel where Dr. King was assassinated, so in my work I'm focusing on a very specific area in Memphis. I see 'Hurt Village' as a natural extension of 'The Mountaintop.' Katori Hall king village hurt work