Zitat des Tages von LaTanya Richardson:
I think most Americans, when we're building a character, we look at the specificity of what that person is, in particular.
In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you in. On TV or in movies, everything is so small. You can just lock into a character and ease yourself into that way.
I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands in 'Macbeth.'
From the moment I saw 'Camelot' as a kid, the organic inclination of performing before a live audience is raw and visceral. Once you're out there, there's no yelling 'Cut!' or any such thing as a do-over because that moment has passed, and you're in it as it's happened and gone, sharing it with everyone.
Acting is in your soul.
There is no one American beauty or just one beautiful color in the pantheon, especially in regards to black people - there is no better color.
I have not tried for a career that's showy. I have always tried to layer things in and not push it. I love an underperformance, where you're so entrenched in who that person is that you're living in it.
I've had the luxury of not having to work because of my husband.
I hold onto the spirit of God for everything, and that works for me. That aspect of my life is very real and is the truth.
I never played an ingenue.
Shakespeare wrote about what was happening during the time; it still relates to us now.