So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
AISHA HINDSAs well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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The masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line.
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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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Study and know that we are always a student of the craft well after we’ve completed any course of study… and approach the work as a servant, not a star.
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I felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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She moved seamlessly through an array of spirited and soul-stirring characters, each one holding a mirror up to me and allowing me in many ways to see a reflection of myself on screen.
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I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride.
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It’s no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world.
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