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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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Andre Holland
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: December 28
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Bessemer
Alabama
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Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.
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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 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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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 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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The policies enacted during segregation are still being felt in Birmingham.
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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 think working on Shakespeare was a big part of my time at drama school. I'm so glad that I got to know Shakespeare and got a chance to play great parts in Shakespeare, because it really teaches you - or taught me, anyway - everything.
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Barry Jenkins just cast the right people and framed things the right way.
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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 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 want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.
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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 horror genre is fun but I'm not sure it is quite right for me.
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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.
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You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.
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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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