I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
ADAM BEACHActing 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.
More Adam Beach Quotes
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When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations,
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Success isn’t about the biggest house in the world. Success is about loving your family, taking care of your child.
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It’s what we put in our minds and our hearts to succeed. And success isn’t about money.
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I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.
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Growing up with sexual abuse and having to be in gangs and dealing with my own trauma; finding the cultural identity when I was 16, and learning those traditional ways saved me from hurting myself.
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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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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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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.
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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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I could be a ninja, I could be a pirate or I could be in a play y’know.
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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.
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I carry two traditional pipes and I sing my songs and pray that us as human beings treat each other with respect. So when it came to trying to portray a connection on screen, that’s what you see.
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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.
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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?
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And I hope a lot of people get a sense of that; not to take away that we also have that warrior spirit.
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