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- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 22 when my mother gave me the original box set of 'Roots' and she said, 'I want you to watch this.' I watched the whole thing back to back in the span of 24 hours. It had a profound effect on me. It felt like my story.
- Journey
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Playing Kunta Kinte is an emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental journey.
- My Life
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I haven't experienced a lot of prejudice in my life, but I'm not naive to what goes on in the world.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad passed when I was 6. I found out when I was about 21 that my dad always said acting would be the making of me. Where he got that from, I have no idea.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the shiest person you could think of. I didn't really speak. I was an only child, so most of my life I spent in my bedroom playing with toys by myself, speaking through them.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I heard that 'Roots' was being remade, my first response was, 'Seriously?' I was a bit skeptical. Then I had an audition in early 2015. I didn't know how to feel about it. I was a little scared of the responsibility of telling the story again with the weight of the first one behind me - I was scared of comparisons.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first, I had this huge desire to play a superhero, that little kid in me. Then I realized it wasn't actually a superhero I wanted to play: it was someone fighting for a cause that's bigger than themselves, which can go into all sorts of things.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
My knowledge of my ancestry, like a lot of black people not living in Africa today, is very vague.
- History
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Kunta Kinte's strength derives from the knowledge of where he comes from, but it struck me that I don't know where I come from. I understand that my last name is Kirby, that I was born in London, third-generation Jamaican, and at some point along the line, that name was changed. I didn't know my history past my grandparents.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're good enough to play a role with emotion and universal human elements, then you'll get others coming to you.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are stories I wanted to tell, and they are not defined by what I look like.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not accepting that there are roles that aren't for me.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was taught about slavery, but it was the ancient Egyptians. That's the closest I got to African history.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
Schoolkids - black and white - would call me Kunta Kinte as a cuss. If ever my hair was particularly messy, if ever I looked scruffy at school, I would be called Kunta Kinte. My first impression was that it was bad to be African and bad to be associated with him.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Roots' focuses on a particular group of people who defy the odds and win, eventually, even if it isn't in their lifetimes. This is, for me, a very positive story and a very empowering one, if only we have that perspective on it.
- Closest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kunta Kinte is the closest thing I've ever seen... to a superhero. He's amazing. He's inspirational.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020