Andre Holland

Whenever I have a play or opening or anything going on in my career, my parents always come up and see it. ”

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. ”

It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can. ”

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there. ”

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. ”

Shakespeare is definitely my first love. ”

I read a lot of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.' ”

Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film. ”

When you live in an environment where you aren't allowed to be fully who you are, you aren't taken seriously, and you aren't respected. What that actually does to a person's confidence and psyche is really fascinating to me. ”

A lot of people in the movie business don't have a point of reference for me; nobody really knows who I am. ”