If someone wanted to do a biopic about me, I would like for them to consult my family. Andre Holland Read Quote
The Knick’ is set in New York during the 1990s, and it takes place around a hospital called The Knickerbocker. It’s about a team of surgeons and nurses who are on the cutting edge of medicine. Andre Holland Read Quote
I grew up in Alabama in a very small town and didn’t have access to the finest of anything, really. But my mother was the kind of woman who just wanted us, me and my sisters, to be exposed to any and anything she could find. Andre Holland Read Quote
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. Andre Holland Read Quote
I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work in those situations and have a better time. Andre Holland Read Quote
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. Andre Holland Read Quote
Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I’m really, really loving film. Andre Holland Read Quote
I studied acting in NYU’s graduate program, in which we covered everything from Ibsen and Chekov to August Wilson and David Mamet. Andre Holland Read Quote
With ‘Selma,’ I grew up in Alabama, 45 minutes away from Selma. I have gone to that commemorative march many times with my parents. Andre Holland Read Quote
