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I definitely want to work with people who are artists and who are interested in being their best version of themselves.

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Andre Holland
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: December 28
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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 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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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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Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.
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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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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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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 have to see through one's faults before you see their need.
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The horror genre is fun but I'm not sure it is quite right for me.
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Barry Jenkins just cast the right people and framed things the right way.
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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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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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It is that rare film [Moonlight] that comes along once in a while that catches the zeitgeist. This movie is that. I certainly have my fingers crossed that it is. Everyone needs to see this movie.
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I just want to play interesting characters, and I want to work with the best directors I can work with.
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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 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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The policies enacted during segregation are still being felt in Birmingham.
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The surgeries were the hardest scenes for me because it's literally balancing so many balls in the air, at the same time, and each surgery is different.
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I am also producing and writing a bunch.
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Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.
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