Quotes About Freedom

Writing in the voice of an American slave felt like I was biting off something very large.

I am of the belief that acting is a form of blended art that shouldn't be restricted to a particular type or even a country.

No blessing, no good, can follow in the path trodden by slavery.

My parents didn't care very much what I did, and that was probably a blessing.

I could have never had any kind of creative freedom on TV, so then I did movies! Now, I am able to do all kinds of entertainment... and that, I feel, is the biggest blessing!

It's such a blessing having no family.

I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.

I don't want to put myself in a small block. That will be limiting myself and no actor wants to do that.

I will not stop my blog.

Anybody can write anything they want these days with social media, blogging, etc.

I had long, blond, wavy hair.

The people want to go back to the time when democracy was in full bloom.

Wouldn't it be lovely if there were no such things as birth certificates? If I really thought I was 53, life would be much better. I'd love to blow up all the birth certificates.

I love jazz and blues, where there's a structure, but a lot of the cool stuff is veering off the page and playing.

I think, at first blush, the '60s always enticed me. There's something about the '60s, it's not hard to like it.

I have a house with its own dock and I can take my boat out when I want.

Home for me is my boat, really.

As a child, I always wanted to live on a boat.

My dad always wanted to sail. They lived on a boat for eight years.

If you really look at it, I have done the 'American Dream' that people have died on boats to come here to live.

I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.

I'm first-generation American - my people came over on boats - and I think it's a shame to close the door on people who really need freedom.

People own their own bodies and have the absolute right to put anything they want into it.

It is a sexy country. We are very free with our bodies.