Ƶ

Page 96 of 98

Acclaimed actress tells Ƶ students to “insist on how you’re going to be defined”

October 18, 2007

The tallest hurdle in her storied career was overcoming her own name. For Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, a Greek heritage limited early opportunities to audition for theater productions in the 1950s and 60s. Her lesson to current Ƶ students: “Take total and full responsibility for yourself. You want to work? Figure out a way to do it. … Just don't wait for people to give it to you.”