Quotes by Adam Beach - Page 1

I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
Adam Beach / Actor
Protected
Always Me Will
Bear
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I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground.
Adam Beach / Actor
Fly
Ground
Off
Learned
Lifted
Mechanics
Plane
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
Adam Beach / Actor
Nation
Forward
Move Forward
Propel
Taking
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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
Adam Beach / Actor
Inspirational
Kids
Giving
Motivate
Talks
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When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was my goal.
Adam Beach / Actor
Initially
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
Adam Beach / Actor
Backyard
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When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work now, people call me 'Chief.'
Adam Beach / Actor
Growing Up
Hey
Work Me People
Chief
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It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and who he is and what he's about.
Adam Beach / Actor
Recurring
Traits
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
Adam Beach / Actor
Something New
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As a kid, I was just led out in the morning to go spend my day with my friends and just run in the woods. And I'd only come home to eat or when I was thirsty.
Adam Beach / Actor
Thirsty
Woods
Morning Home Day
Spend
Led
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I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my friends would eat that grass, like that was our lunch.
Adam Beach / Actor
Chickens
Grass
Lunch
Type
Eat
Watch
Follow
Rooster
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What's nice about 'Skinwalkers' is it's allowing an audience to see a different Indian perspective... I think, for myself, I'm trying to put the Indian perspective in a different dimension.
Adam Beach / Actor
Allowing
Indian
Perspective
Dimension
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I go to South Dakota for ceremonies when I have the time. And when you learn what the Indian peoples have gone through to hold onto their culture and traditions... wow, it's an amazing story.
Adam Beach / Actor
Dakota
Indian
South Dakota
Wow
Ceremonies
Hold
Onto
Traditions
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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.
Adam Beach / Actor
Song
Trying
Two
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I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,' I relied on my instinct and what I grew up with. I had this energy, but it was a one-dimensional thing.
Adam Beach / Actor
Imaginary
Instinct
Realism
Signals
Smoke
Understood
One-Dimensional
Circumstance
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I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I got my first movie, and I gave it my best. Before I was done with that movie, I was offered my first feature film.
Adam Beach / Actor
Next Level
Best Your People
Best People Will
Feature
Feature Film
Offered
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I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
Adam Beach / Actor
Indian
Slim
Succeed
Learning Great Myself
Ancestors
Connect
Indian People
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I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I'm very familiar with the history of Natives in the military. And growing up as an American Indian myself, the story of Ira Hayes is one that is often told.
Adam Beach / Actor
Canada
Cousin
Familiar
Growing Up
Indian
Ira
Military
Native
Spiritual
Advisor
Veterans
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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 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 / Actor
Native American
Spiritual
Warrior
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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?
Adam Beach / Actor
Kids
Acting
People
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Once you lose your parents, you get this numbness, this feeling of having to really be able to connect yourself with someone. I depended on my brothers for that connection, but to have that feeling of being taken care of... I lost it when my parents passed away.
Adam Beach / Actor
Yourself Your Lose
Brothers
Connect
Depended
Passed
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When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, 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.
Adam Beach / Actor
Energy
Military
Occupation
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I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we could fool around, and drama was it because we'd do improvs, beating each other up. They left a year later, and I stayed in and got a knack for it, and enjoyed the whole process.
Adam Beach / Actor
Enjoyed
Fool
Beating
Stayed
Year Later
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With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
Adam Beach / Actor
Abandonment
Growing Up
Lost
Reflecting
Signals
Smoke
Wish
Myself Always Opportunity
Held
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Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
Adam Beach / Actor
Fortunate
Structure
Life Work Look
Embody
Qualities
Work Hard
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When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment.
Adam Beach / Actor
Abandonment
Caught
Embrace
Indian
Loss
Medicine
Sixteen
Time Good Man
Interpret
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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. It's what we put in our minds and our hearts to succeed. And success isn't about money. Success isn't about the biggest house in the world. Success is about loving your family, taking care of your child.
Adam Beach / Actor
Believe
Children
Fall
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I think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression. 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. I could be a ninja, I could be a pirate or I could be in a play y'know.
Adam Beach / Actor
Running
Character
Thinking
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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. 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.
Adam Beach / Actor
War
Native American
Nice
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Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet.
Adam Beach / Actor
Death
Acting
Character
Childhood
Embrace
Form
Ira
Release
Therapy
Weird
Blend
Directly
Parents
Place
Outlet
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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. We have to know that they exist and we have to take care of those traumas and learn to heal from them. 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.
Adam Beach / Actor
Character
Children
Nice
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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. 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. 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."
Adam Beach / Actor
Jobs
Real
Sadness
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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. He was out with his friends drinking and on medication for depression, and he didn't come out of the water alive. 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.
Adam Beach / Actor
Growing Up
Hurt
Mother
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