[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
AISHA HINDSI 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.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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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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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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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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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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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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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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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The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.
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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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Even in past relationships, that I’m still a woman, I still have vulnerabilities even though my aesthetic feels strong, powerful and full of all of the wisdom in the world, I’m still growing and becoming.
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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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A space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our country is offering a seat at the table to all the voices to be heard, a murder mystery, and grassroots look at our own humanity as we move through the parts and pieces of the story.
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Though I developed my own personal spiritual relationship later in life, the foundation they laid is what my faith was built upon.
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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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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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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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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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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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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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Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.
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