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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 struggle with those things constantly, trying to add dimension to my work, and that's the goal, too."

Source : "Exclusive! Nicole Beharie Talks Career Choices, Burden Of Representation, Being An “It” Girl & More". Interview with Vanessa Martinez, www.indiewire.com. August 27, 2011.

Nicole Beharie

#Struggle Quotes #Character Quotes #Sassy Quotes

“Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.”

Source : Bernard Tschumi (1996). “Architecture and Disjunction”, p.66, MIT Press
“To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.”
“The worker who knows the cause of his misery, who understands the make-up of our iniquitous social and industrial system can do more for himself and his kind than Christ and the followers of Christ have ever done for humanity; certainly more than meek patience, ignorance, and submission have done.”
“A minute of success pays for years of failure.”
“New ideas emerge of their own free will if they are allowed to.”
“I can't even describe to anybody what it feels like to have my naked body shot across the world like a news flash against my will. It just makes me feel like a piece of meat that's being passed around for profit.”
“It'll take a smart person with passion over someone with years of experience any day. People with intelligence and passion will get the problem solved, no matter what.”
“Andre Sa is playing close to his potential - maybe even above it.”

"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."

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