Acting Quote by Andre Holland

“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.” quote by Andre Holland — Download Open image

“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.”

Andre Holland

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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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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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