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I went down and spoke to some of the people who lived in the neighborhood in Miami. At the end of the day I think my connection with Tarell [Alvin McCraney] is what helped me the most.
Andre Holland
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Andre Holland
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: December 28
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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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People do come up to me quite a lot. I get called all of it. I rarely get called my name it's usually Hey, Dr. Edwards! or Algernon. The most common thing is, You're the black doctor on that show! I'll take any of it, because I've definitely been called much worse things.
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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 definitely want to work with people who are artists and who are interested in being their best version of themselves.
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The horror genre is fun but I'm not sure it is quite right for me.
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People sometimes say, What is your dream role? I don't really have a dream role. I'll know it when I see it.
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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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There are so many brilliant, trained actors of color in America. If you just think about it, every year in the spring Julliard and NYU and Yale and hundreds of schools across the country graduate classes of trained actors, and in those classes are actors of color. So to say that there aren't enough actors of color is factually inaccurate.
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Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.
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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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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.
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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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I just want to play interesting characters, and I want to work with the best directors I can work with.
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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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I am also producing and writing a bunch.
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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 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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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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[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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