There are tribes in Africa who believe that a camera steals a little part of your soul, and in a way, I think that’s true about living your private life in public. It takes something away from your relationships; it cheapens them. Yusef Komunyakaa Read Quote
While I prefer generally more personal dramas in which I can stretch myself… and while I’m not a science fiction buff, I consider ‘2001’ a great film, absolutely enthralling; at ‘Star Wars’ I had a fabulous time, and, at ‘Alien,’ while it was a silly story, I was knocked out. Yusef Komunyakaa Read Quote
I learned to act reactively very well because those were the sorts of roles I was given for 20 years. It was hard to break out of that typecasting. Yusef Komunyakaa Read Quote
Stage acting lets you feel the character a little better, but in the movies, you have to keep regenerating your energy level when shooting scenes over and over again. Yusef Komunyakaa Read Quote
I’d been acting since I was a teenager. I’d come to the point where I was writing my own movies of the week for TV. That was fun. Yusef Komunyakaa Read Quote
Like many other tourists, I’m afraid I fell in love with Paris at first sight. Yusef Komunyakaa Read Quote
There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities. Yusef Komunyakaa Read Quote
