It’s what we put in our minds and our hearts to succeed. And success isn’t about money.
ADAM BEACHWe have to know that they exist and we have to take care of those traumas and learn to heal from them.
More Adam Beach Quotes
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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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I could be a ninja, I could be a pirate or I could be in a play y’know.
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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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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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I think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression.
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This movie shows that perspective from Scott’s character, and I love it. It shows the American Indians as the ones who respect and help out when people are needed. It’s a nice little twist.
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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’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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With this film, it’s nice to see that the trauma is presented from a white male that was in the Civil War and that trauma affects him in a way that still exists.
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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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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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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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After that movie I said, “Y’know what, I have to realistically wear my emotions now when I do a job. That’s gotta be as real as it gets. It’s not just dialogue anymore.”
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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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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.
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