American - Actor | December 28, 1979 -
I do enjoy history. That's one of the things that I love about acting is you get a chance to really dive into history and develop a real personal opinion about it.
Andre Holland
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I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays.
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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.
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Never lived in L.A. I've always done the New York thing.
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My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential. For me, that means working with the best people and working with the best material.
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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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With 'Selma,' I grew up in Alabama, 45 minutes away from Selma. I have gone to that commemorative march many times with my parents.
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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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Shakespeare is definitely my first love.
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Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film.
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With theater, depending on the audience, the show is different every night and really requires your constant concentration. With film, it's more possible to focus for shorter, more intense bits of time.
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In '42,' it's like the '40s where racial equality had come into the consciousness of a lot of people, whereas in the 1900s it was sort of a new thing.
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