“The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life....” — Katherine Dunham Quote

The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.

I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.

Sometimes I have given my husband a manuscript to read that has turned out to have fantastic rave reviews and he'll tell me it is no good. Well, if I didn't know him as well as I know him I would be terribly depressed.

We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit.

Shahid's been a big influence in my life.

The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.

'Fawlty Towers' was a huge influence on me. I mean, it was so slapstick, too. 'Are You Being Served?' was on 15 times a day, it seemed like, and I loved it.

Shoe companies and endorsers influence team decisions all the time.

The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual.