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“I did my undergrad at Florida State, got a Bachelor's, and then I got my Masters in Acting at NYU. So I've spent a lot of time in the classroom.” quote by Andre Holland — Download Open image

“I did my undergrad at Florida State, got a Bachelor's, and then I got my Masters in Acting at NYU. So I've spent a lot of time in the classroom.”

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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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I studied acting in NYU's graduate program, in which we covered everything from Ibsen and Chekov to August Wilson and David Mamet.

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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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The way people are responding to [Moonlight movie] is something we never anticipated. We knew it was good but it is so diverse. The way people are reacting shows me that everyone sees themselves in it. That is groundbreaking. Similarly people come up some older people that it is not their story but are just crying in our arms after…

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I read a lot of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.'

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Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.

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I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays.

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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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