3:21 pm - 11/11/2012
Denzel Washington has urged his daughter to follow Doubt star Viola Davis' path as she embarks on an acting career.
Washington's daughter Olivia is studying the craft at New York University, and he has offered her little advice - except to work hard and be multi-talented.
He tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I say, 'You're black, you're a woman, and you're dark-skinned at that, so you have to be a triple/quadruple threat.'
"I said, 'You gotta learn how to act. You gotta learn how to dance, sing, move onstage...' I said, 'Look at Viola Davis. That's who you want to be. Forget about the little pretty girls; if you're relying on that, when you hit 40, you're out the door. You better have some chops.'
source, full THR roundtable
Denzel Washington Urges Actress Daughter To Be Like Viola Davis
Denzel Washington has urged his daughter to follow Doubt star Viola Davis' path as she embarks on an acting career.
Washington's daughter Olivia is studying the craft at New York University, and he has offered her little advice - except to work hard and be multi-talented.
He tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I say, 'You're black, you're a woman, and you're dark-skinned at that, so you have to be a triple/quadruple threat.'
"I said, 'You gotta learn how to act. You gotta learn how to dance, sing, move onstage...' I said, 'Look at Viola Davis. That's who you want to be. Forget about the little pretty girls; if you're relying on that, when you hit 40, you're out the door. You better have some chops.'
source, full THR roundtable
Edited at 2012-11-11 04:21 pm (UTC)
Edited at 2012-11-11 05:45 pm (UTC)
Only Clinton comes close as far as a true rags-to-success narrative, and in spite of how much he was hated, he did not ensure being called a:
- secret Muslim
- Black Panther
- secretly-fake-U.S.-citizen
- affirmative-action-hire-President-of-the-H
- crackhead-spawn-of-a-womanizing-white-wo
Those assholes also dont question the fact that Clinton was a genius Rhode Scholar in the manner that they they evoke coded racist rhetoric like "meritocracy" and "affirmative action" whenever Obama's scholarship is brought up.
Even if we're to argue that Obama is JUST as good as his white preprocessors, this more than reinforces my original point; Obama has endured a lot of abuse because in THIS society, a POC who is "just good enough" by impartial standards is NOT good enough by racists'/systemic racism standards.
Edited at 2012-11-11 07:56 pm (UTC)
- "Whatever; his brilliance makes him aloof, over-intellectual, and outta touch with 'us Regular Joes'."
- "Whatever; he's only 'HALF-black'. You People™ cant claim full bragging rights."
All of which is completely calculated and steeped in hypocritical, coded insinuations about his capabilities.
My family never said it, but had that attitude. I also had a great teacher (Mrs. Lilian King) who said that and I took it to heart.