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- Language
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When we started on 'Power,' I was committed to respecting the differences among Spanish dialects: Dominican, Nuyorican, Mexican, etc. I wanted the language our characters spoke to be as specific as possible, to reflect New York as it is.
- People
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I am tired of people using 'diverse' to mean 'of color.' That's not what that word means. 'Diversity' means people of all different races, all together - like a New York City subway.
- Experience
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The Shawshank Redemption' isn't a movie about a black guy and a white guy who become friends - it's a movie about freedom. At the end, the cathartic experience of seeing our own emotions reflected back to us, that's the purpose of storytelling.
- Love
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I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they're vulnerable. Women are more surprised by their strength.
- Delivery
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In 2011, when my father passed away - I had my daughter first; I had her on January 24, and I had a seizure during the delivery. I lived through that, and five weeks later, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, and I lived through that. And then my daughter had surgery, and I lived through that.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The baseline character in a lot of Western literature is a man. So we, as women, do a lot of suspending of our disbelief to experience a novel or a play or a movie through that male character.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
50 Cent and I really started to bond over our love for music. The first conversations we had were about Curtis Mayfield.
- Like
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Writers are, for the most part, crazy people. We're like Hephaestus of the forge. We're gnarled. We're curled over. We walk with a limp.
- Boss
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The show runner's the boss until the network shows up. And then they're the boss, because it's their money.
- Fashion
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I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm at work, I want to be with my daughter, and when I'm with my daughter, I probably should be working, and it just is what it is.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception - those are my favorites.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, at the end of the day, taking a chance on 'Power' is taking a chance on me.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020