“Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out into the world.”
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I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey.
As an actor, you really want to respect and honor the script. You want to try to be in the moment and you also realize that you're one part of a bigger picture and when they call action, you have your dance.
I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my mama had not been so tough and strong. A lot of people, including Mike, don't know I came from the ghetto. They think I'm too nice and proper. But that's the way my mama raised me - to look people in the eye and respect them.
'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.
