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.”
AISHA HINDSRemakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
-
-
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.
AISHA HINDS -
So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
AISHA HINDS -
An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
AISHA HINDS -
Learning about her and the layers of her helps you to see that the same woman who holds a gun and an axe felt feelings for a man.
AISHA HINDS -
The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
AISHA HINDS -
Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS -
I almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, “I’m gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They’re in trouble.”
AISHA HINDS -
It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
AISHA HINDS -
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.
AISHA HINDS -
The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.
AISHA HINDS -
One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
AISHA HINDS -
I felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
AISHA HINDS -
But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
AISHA HINDS -
[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
AISHA HINDS