The ordinary is ultimately what moves us most deeply. It's what touches us, and it's what we most recognize, in great moments of art. — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
You can't play history and you can't play historical characters. You just have to reduce it to the ordinary. — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at that area… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education. — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
Being a mom myself and it being a huge and important part of who I am, made it easier for me to play the… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
I have a big life, a small child, I work, I do a lot of things, so I'm often playing catch-up with what's current. — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book. — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
'Body of Proof' was interesting because... I didn't feel I needed to prove anything in that audition. I didn't over-prepare it, but I was… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
I've become very fond of the law. I've always been an advocate for justice, which occasionally the law brings to light. — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
When stepping into the mind of a psychopath, you realize that there is something missing in their brain that they do not understand the… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
I love to see how a character unfolds off the page in a project. I don't always know how the character is going to… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
My job as an actor is to cover and expose in varying allowance that - so that the audience can peek through the window… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
