Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Sarah Jonesis a Scottish freestyle wrestler...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 July 1983
CityWinter Springs, FL
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I think there is a debate in the arts about, you know, whether we must strive for art for art's sake, and you know, kind of try to keep political debate out of our work. And to that I say, I'd like you to show me an example of, you know, this so-called apolitical art. I don't think there's any such thing.
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I've actually always started with what feels most natural. Which is, the people who surround me in my daily life. So, the first show I ever wrote, which is called 'Surface Transit,' was based in part on people I knew from my family. Co-workers, ex-boyfriends. All of that kind of thing.
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Everybody who's ever influenced me, from a Richard Prior to a Whoopie Goldberg to, you know, any of the voices that have resonated with me as a performer since I was a kid, you know, you couldn't really say that their work didn't have some element of political commentary in it.
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Did you see any brake lights at any time?
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To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self-identify, and how mutable is that identity? Like, what if one could be anyone at any time? Well, my characters, like the ones in my shows, allow me to play with the spaces between those questions.
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Whether you're talking about Shakespeare or, you know, if you look at Greek tragedies. I mean, every playwright, every songwriter, every artist who's ever sat down and been moved to create something, has been living in a context. A political moment that's most often reflected in their work. Even if you're, you know, kind of a nature poet.
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She was the best teacher I ever had. She helped me get into nursing school and she was always there to stay after class and help us study.
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My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally imitating whoever I was talking to. I didn't want to be a phony, but I felt very authentic in the moment.
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We're excited and the kids are excited. I hope the results will be contagious, because I do think we've flipped a switch with these kids.
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Everybody has their own little niche in character in the show.
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Anybody can memorize lines, ... but you have to find the heart in the character for it to really come out to the audience.
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I think there is something so compelling about the truth that whether you're a lawyer or judge or an actor, when you get at that truth, it connects with people on a particular level that I think makes your art more viable.
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I suppose it's fair to say that I am interested in the invention of self or selves. We're all born into certain circumstances with particular physical traits, unique developmental experiences, geographical and historical contexts.
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God brought them to us. We took out on a wing and a prayer. We said, 'We're going to Hirsch Coliseum to find a family we can help.' Wherever we saw babies, we talked.