Danielle Brooks
Danielle Brooks
Danielle Brooksis an American actress best known for her role as Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black, and for playing Sofia in the 2015 Broadway production of The Color Purple...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth7 September 1990
CityAugusta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
juliet time
Personally, I don't want to live with limitations. If there comes a time where I am dying to play Juliet or Macbeth, I want to make those avenues for myself.
anyone business career compare difficult learn patient time tough
Don't compare your career to anyone else's. It's tough when you're in a business that's competitive. I was having a difficult time with that in college. Now, I'm having to learn to be patient and be where I am.
biggest rooted script serve telling truthful
My biggest thing is telling a truthful story, something that is rooted in something and is very honest. If I read a script and you want me to take off my top, and it doesn't serve a purpose, then I'm not going to do it.
done
There are brands out there, plus-size brands, that all they want to do is sell their clothes and be done.
world
There's 67 percent of women that are in this plus-size world that we live in. And that's over half of the women in the world. So why are we not dressing for [them]?
glad speaking-out
I am really glad women are speaking out.
beautiful people like-you
I've always gotten like, "you're a queen"' or "yes motha." And "you're beautiful" and a lot of people are saying that because I am confident, and they are finding themselves to be more confident. Especially when you meet them in person.
thinking accepting
I don't have to accept what you think I should look like and I do not accept what you think I should look like.
crazy writing mind
It's crazy how your mind works because you can receive hundreds and thousands of all these love posts and all this good affirmation on Instagram or Twitter. And then that one person writes one thing that dims your light but that's the thing you can't let it dim your light, because what I've realized - it's really not your problem, it's theirs.
I go by my own standards, and I will be the voice of the curves for the women that feel like they can't stand up for themselves.
beautiful world carpet
By no longer operating out of a place of fear. So if you see me on a carpet with my arms and legs out glistening, or my midriff exposed, it's a reminder to myself and the world that I know I'm beautiful.
I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.
supports
My mother is a pastor. I think she has her moments where she's like, 'Dani, what are you getting into,' but at the end of the day, she really supports me as an actor.
governor school south
In South Carolina, there's a lot of arts programs. So I was blessed enough to go to the Governor School For Arts & Humanities.