I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
AISHA HINDS[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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Her spirit is one that we absolutely need today, as we face odds that are akin to the divisive and systemic oppression that we read about in our history books, but it’s taken on a modern-day articulation of itself.
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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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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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When you understand the purpose [of life], then you can deal and journey through the obstacles, the rejections, the stops and starts, highs-and-lows with a different lens because you know that you’re moving in what you’re supposed to do.
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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.
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Learning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years.
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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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Canada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as “freedom.”
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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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You know, to be completely disgusted with injustice to the point that you will have to take some huge leaps of faith. And it may take one person leading many.
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She was inspired by being sick and tired of the injustice she was experiencing and she knew she had a right to liberty or death.
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[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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I went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
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I think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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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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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
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Understanding that what it is that you’re doing isn’t limited to the roles and the rejection, it’s bigger than that, it’s about your purpose in life.
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