Annmarie Robinson Quotes

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson`s work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage, ... Otherwise it was impossible.

You`re 5 feet nothing, a hundred and nothing,

You`re 5 feet nothing, a hundred and nothing. And you`ve got hardly a speck of athletic ability ... In this lifetime, you don`t have to prove nothing to nobody but yourself.

I want to think he made me a better person.

When I read `The Piano Lesson,` I realized it encompassed the entire African-American experience, ... August Wilson`s legacy is as important as Martin Luther King`s legacy, as important as Malcolm X`s legacy and as important as Nat Turner.

Death ain`t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner and you know what I`ll do to that, ... Fences.

I re-read all the plays. I`m not sad. He was out of this world'”so common, regular, ordinary, but capable of writing awesome poetry. If someone wants to understand what frustrations we felt in the 1950s read `Fences.` To know about how Blacks were exploited in the music business read `Ma Rainey.` All those things that teach us from centuries ago to the present are in the forefront of his words.

Death ain`t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner, and you know what I`ll do to that, ... Fences.

`What`s it about,` I asked, and he said, `It`s about a guy selling watermelons,` ... I said, `You`re gonna put a black man on stage selling watermelons?` And August said, `He`s trying to buy some land.`

I left thinking August`s lost his mind, ... When I read `The Piano Lesson,` I realized it encompassed the entire African-American experience. August Wilson`s legacy is as important as Martin Luther King`s legacy, as important as Malcolm X`s legacy and as important as Nat Turner.