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When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is. It expands your imagination and expands your size of thinking.
Andre Holland
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Andre Holland
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: December 28
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[Theater] has always been a big focus. I have been away from it for the past few years. I want to get back to it!
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I have known Tarell Alvin McCraney for ten years but the involvement with Moonlight came more with Barry Jenkins, the director. He was a fan of the show I did called The Knick. He was also with Plan B Entertainment, who produced Selma. That is how I got involved.
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Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.
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I am also producing and writing a bunch.
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I have worked with Tarell Alvin McCraney, who is the play Moonlight is based on. He's a company member at Steppenwolf. I have done a could of his plays here.
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I want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.
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I personally feel like black people in America have contributed so much for so long, and haven't always gotten credit for it.
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You turn up in the morning, you get through hair and make-up, and then you are on set working until it's time to go home. And I love that. Coming from the theater, you just turn up and you're ready for whatever happens. That energy really appeals to me.
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My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential.
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I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.
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Things maybe take longer usually when it comes to TV - especially network TV. There are usually multiple levels that you have to go through in terms of the casting director, the producers, the studio, the network, reading with other people.
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I love to sing. I'm definitely not a very good singer, but when I'm in my shower I get down for sure.
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I had a cheat sheet because I knew Tarell [Alvin McCraney]. His movie is largely autobiographical. I knew about certain events in his life and some of the people he talks about. I had visited the place where he lived many times so I understood innately what that was.
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Now, perhaps more than ever, we need more and more examples of healing. We need to learn what it takes to heal.
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All the craft skills that I have, I feel like I developed and honed in drama school. It's the most important thing for me.
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The horror genre is fun but I'm not sure it is quite right for me.
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I look at it [Moonlight] and young Alex Hibbert who plays the young Chiron gives such a beautiful performance. By the time you get to the third story there have been so many great performances that you forget this kid was brilliant. Everybody does their job. It really is a true ensemble. I wish that were a category at the Oscars.
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