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 to my work, and that's the goal, too.
When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London, but for the most part I grew up in the South an… - Nicole Beharie
When I was younger, my father was in the Foreign Service and we lived in Nigeria, Panama, and London, but for the most part I grew up in the South an…
- Nicole Beharie
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 brother up, just putting on shows, sin… - Nicole Beharie
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 brother up, just putting on shows, sin…
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 watch them. She wanted us … - Nicole Beharie
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 watch them. She wanted us …
Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated. - Nicole Beharie
Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated.
I was the jokester, the one who made the family laugh. - Nicole Beharie
I was the jokester, the one who made the family laugh.
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 show is one of the most diverse televisio… - Nicole Beharie
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 show is one of the most diverse televisio…
My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot.' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and I would say things like '… - Nicole Beharie
My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot.' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and I would say things like '…
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.… - Nicole Beharie
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 kind of feel like I have grown as just like a human being as a human being by being able to adapt and adjust and know that like you can't ever rest… - Nicole Beharie
I kind of feel like I have grown as just like a human being as a human being by being able to adapt and adjust and know that like you can't ever rest…
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