Ultimately, I would love to do ‘The Emperor of Ocean Park’ by Stephen Carter. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It’s not just a residual of life; it’s a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It’s our culture. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
And that’s what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy’s taking, he’s just taking one. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
The world, post-Katrina, was a hard time for my city. The hardest time. For people who didn’t live through it, no words can fully express the pain, the rage, the grief, and the futility we New Orleanians felt. For the people who did, words seemed like a feeble protest against a relentless night without end. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
In our house, my dad had a chair. It was a Barcalounger, big and comfortable. If we missed him or wanted comfort when he wasn’t home, we’d just climb into the chair and let it envelop us. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
When a sports team is doing well in a city that’s going through tough times like New Orleans, like Detroit, it bolsters this real sentiment of ‘we can get through this.’ And when you have that sentiment, it becomes more than feelings: It’s transported into action. Wendell Pierce Read Quote
