Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodardis an American film, stage, and television actress, producer, and political activist. Woodard has been named one of the most versatile and accomplished actors of her generation. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Award, 18 times for an Emmy Award, and has also won a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth8 November 1952
CityTulsa, OK
CountryUnited States of America
As an adult after college and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian Science. I was using that when I didn't know it. Saying yes to the Light and your better instinct.
I have always done what I wanted to do.
I think people need to understand that with plays and with cinema, when you hear about it, call and get a ticket then or go and see it then. It's especially with the play, which I can do because it's a limited run.
And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing.
After 9/11 and the impending actors' strike of a few years ago, roles dried up for everyone.
I was like, wait a minute. When I hear my sisters' names, I want to have a joyful feeling in my heart about it.
I identify myself as an actor, because I feel like you don't go to the doctress, you go to the doctor; it doesn't matter what the gender is. I think actresses worry about eyelashes and cellulite, and women who are actors worry about the characters we are playing. A separate category is another way of making us a special-interest group.
Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market.
Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to do that.
When you expect good, it's available constantly, and it makes itself a reality in your life.
I am not getting any younger and am taking a new approach to life.
Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn't like, but I've stopped complaining about mine because I don't want to critique nature's handiwork ... My job is simply to allow the light to shine out of the masterpiece.
After 9/11 and the impending actors' strike of a few years ago, roles dried up for everyone.
He gave me tons of DVDs, so I fast-forwarded and I caught up and I called him back and said, 'Okay, I'm game.'