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Malachi Kirby Quotes

English - Actor | September 20, 1989 -

I was thinking, 'What is it about Kunta Kinte that allowed him to live such a long life?' For me, what came down to it was his spirit and his knowledge of self.

Life Live Knowledge Me Thinking

When I was in school, my first acknowledgement of 'Roots' was Kunta Kinte.

School Roots First Acknowledgement

I was 22 when my mother gave me the original box set of 'Roots' and she said, 'I want you to watch this.' I watched the whole thing back to back in the span of 24 hours. It had a profound effect on me. It felt like my story.

Mother Me Roots Story You Back

Playing Kunta Kinte is an emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental journey.

Journey Spiritual Emotional Playing

I haven't experienced a lot of prejudice in my life, but I'm not naive to what goes on in the world.

Life World My Life Prejudice Naive

My dad passed when I was 6. I found out when I was about 21 that my dad always said acting would be the making of me. Where he got that from, I have no idea.

Me Acting Said Always Out Where

I was the shiest person you could think of. I didn't really speak. I was an only child, so most of my life I spent in my bedroom playing with toys by myself, speaking through them.

Life Myself Child Speak Think You

When I heard that 'Roots' was being remade, my first response was, 'Seriously?' I was a bit skeptical. Then I had an audition in early 2015. I didn't know how to feel about it. I was a little scared of the responsibility of telling the story again with the weight of the first one behind me - I was scared of comparisons.

Responsibility Me Roots Story Early

At first, I had this huge desire to play a superhero, that little kid in me. Then I realized it wasn't actually a superhero I wanted to play: it was someone fighting for a cause that's bigger than themselves, which can go into all sorts of things.

Me Fighting Someone Play Go Desire

My knowledge of my ancestry, like a lot of black people not living in Africa today, is very vague.

Today Knowledge People Black Living

Kunta Kinte's strength derives from the knowledge of where he comes from, but it struck me that I don't know where I come from. I understand that my last name is Kirby, that I was born in London, third-generation Jamaican, and at some point along the line, that name was changed. I didn't know my history past my grandparents.

Strength Knowledge History Past Me

You're always going to have typecasting, especially with TV.

You Always Going TV

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