Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very motivational speeches and by providing independent income for women who otherwise would have to be maids and sharecroppers.
A lot of cable television is shot on a single camera. Our eyes are more trained to that. It takes the camera off the crane, away from observing the action, to becoming a character in the story along with everyone else. People are getting used to that.
On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never doubles. All faces are unique, and this is exhilarating, despite the increasingly plastic similarity of TV stars and actors.
I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
I always tell my dad he was training me to be a pro before he even knew it.
Anytime you're rewarded for the success you have, you're going to be happy because you put the body of work in. A lot of hard work. A lot of training. A lot of things you do behind the scenes.
My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle, so he grew up in the countryside.
Fighting for a job - that's been my mindset every Spring Training.
The New York Yankees' organization - they train us well from the get-go. They tell us how to handle everything.
That's why we play. That's why we train. That's why we do everything in the offseason. It is to win a World Series.
