Author: Kenny Leon

Quotes

I'm not one to spend my life asking the question, 'Is there racism in America?' Certainly there is. But I want to do something about it.

I'm not one to spend my life asking the question, 'Is there racism in America?' Certainly there is. But I want to do something about it.

- Kenny Leon

I've always had an affinity for writers who have a poetry background, so I always liked Tennessee Williams.

I've always had an affinity for writers who have a poetry background, so I always liked Tennessee Williams.

- Kenny Leon

President Obama became our first African American president, and for me, it is the stuff of which dreams are made.

President Obama became our first African American president, and for me, it is the stuff of which dreams are made.

- Kenny Leon

I always say film is art, theater is life and television is furniture.

I always say film is art, theater is life and television is furniture.

- Kenny Leon

I love the idea of live theater the best because you are sitting there with the community in the dark, looking at the light, and that's really - you can't get any higher than that.

I love the idea of live theater the best because you are sitting there with the community in the dark, looking at the light, and that's really - you can't get any higher than that.

- Kenny Leon

I've directed 'Raisin in the Sun' five times. You keep discovering things. You keep on seeing things in the script that you never saw before. That's what great pieces of art do.

I've directed 'Raisin in the Sun' five times. You keep discovering things. You keep on seeing things in the script that you never saw before. That's what great pieces of art do.

- Kenny Leon

I was a political science major. I was always interested in social impact.

I was a political science major. I was always interested in social impact.

- Kenny Leon

I came from the South with a mother who was hard working, so I love going to work every day.

I came from the South with a mother who was hard working, so I love going to work every day.

- Kenny Leon

I don't know how racists live with their racism. We need to take the road of love. I don't think folks are born that way; it's learned and taught out of fear.

I don't know how racists live with their racism. We need to take the road of love. I don't think folks are born that way; it's learned and taught out of fear.

- Kenny Leon

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