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We [Native Americans] respect being human beings, but also the natural and spiritual world and I thought that came across wonderfully

Adam Beach

It’s what we put in our minds and our hearts to succeed. And success isn’t about money.
ADAM BEACH

Believe Heart Mind Money People Succeed
Smoke Signals really mirrored the way I grew up and how I felt, and that movie was the first time I’d dealt with my parents’ death and how I felt that loss and sadness and anger.
ADAM BEACH

Anger Deal Felt Grow Mirrored Movie Parent Sadness Signal Smoke
And I hope a lot of people get a sense of that; not to take away that we also have that warrior spirit.
ADAM BEACH

Hope Human Being Natural People Respect Warrior World
Success isn’t about the biggest house in the world. Success is about loving your family, taking care of your child.
ADAM BEACH

Biggest Care Child Family House Loving Success Taking
We have to know that they exist and we have to take care of those traumas and learn to heal from them.
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Care Exist God Heal Learn Taken Traumas
I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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Give Giving Hope Inspirational Kid Live Motivate
I’m not gonna fall. I’m tired of falling. I’m tired of seeing our people fall. I don’t believe in failure.
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Believe Children Fail Fall Falling People Seeing Tired
He was out with his friends drinking and on medication for depression, and he didn’t come out of the water alive.
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Alive Coem Depression Drinking Medication Out Water
We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history of how America was created.
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Come Country Historical Native Nice Relationship War
I was able to express certain emotions and feelings that I could put into other characters, so it was a good way for me to run away from ho I personally was.
ADAM BEACH

Character Emotion Express Feeling Good Ninja People Personally View
Ever since I started acting, I’ve always spoken to our people about identity. I’ve spoken to kids, telling them: “Where do I get my strength to push through the barriers to get me where I’m at today? It’s my culture and my traditions, you know?
ADAM BEACH

Acting Always Identity Kid People Spoken Started
Those traumas when it comes to the historical past generation to generation; our children, our grandchildren, our future grandchildren learn these behaviors.
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Character Children Generation Historical Nice Traumas
I could be a ninja, I could be a pirate or I could be in a play y’know.
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Aim Create Creativity Desire Ninja Pirate Play Willing Wish
Well to me growing, up I’ve had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother was killed by a drunk driver, then two months later my father drowned.
ADAM BEACH

Dying Growing Hurt Mother Parent Psychological Up
I think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression.
ADAM BEACH

Character Expression First Freedom Running Started Team Thinking
Acting for me was an escape and it wasn’t until Smoke Signals that made me realize that acting is a personal development and challenge to grow.
ADAM BEACH

Acting Escape Job Made Real Realize Sadness Smoke

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