There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if there are no quirky black women. I struggle with those things constantly, trying to add dimension… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician and play at a restaurant for cash. And I've done some background vocals for recording artists. — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
I was kind of a bully, even though I'm tiny, 5' 2". As a child, I'd boss other kids around and dress my little… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
Stone Mountain, Georgia, still had Ku Klux Klan marches, and I had a wild and courageous mother who'd put us in the car to… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
I kind of feel like I have grown as just like a human being as a human being by being able to adapt and… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London, but for the most part… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
I think it's a great time to be a person of color and with talent. And actually, to be a woman as well. Our… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate to work with Alfre Woodard and Jeffrey Wright; people who are artists, have careers, longevity and full lives. That looks good… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot.' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated. — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician… — Nicole Beharie Copy Share Image
