I'm an underdog person, so I align mysel... by Jessica Hagedorn | We Heart Quotes

Author poet Society playwright Filipino-American

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.

- Jessica Hagedorn

Other quotes by Jessica Hagedorn

Being World Life

Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.

- Jessica Hagedorn

Sound Death

There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death.

- Jessica Hagedorn

Being Life People

Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.

- Jessica Hagedorn

Music

I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.

- Jessica Hagedorn

Drama Movies Years

We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama. That was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child.

- Jessica Hagedorn

Blood

I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood.

- Jessica Hagedorn

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