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 HINDSShe 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.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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I am indebted to [my grandmothers] always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards the mark of the high calling on my life, wherever that takes me.
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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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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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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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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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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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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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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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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.”
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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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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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