Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexanderis an American actress, author and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy Award winner...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth28 October 1939
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
bad began few
I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.
goes
Most of our funding goes to organizations and is then used to leverage the private sector.
anybody artists knew supported
I knew as well as anybody what the endowment does for artists because I had been someone it had supported through not-for-profit theater.
two creative endeavor
There are two parts to the creative endeavor: making something, then disseminating it.
drama passion despair
This thing called love was a total mystery to me, but the vagaries of passion and despair that accompanied each devotion kept my life in high drama.
high
What we do is look for high standards of excellence in the arts.