Even with all her success, Taraji P. Henson has moments when she's tempted to give up.
即使取得了如此多的成功,塔拉吉·p·漢森也有想放棄的時候。
The actress and her Color Purple costar Danielle Brooks sat down with EW's The Awardist to discuss their upcoming movie musical, and in the interview Henson emotionally discussed her struggles as a Black woman in Hollywood.
這位女演員和她的搭檔丹妮爾·布魯克斯接受了《娛樂周刊》The Awardist的采訪,討論了他們即將上映的歌舞片,在采訪中,漢森動情地談論了她作為好萊塢黑人女性的掙扎。
"I've been doing this for two decades and there were times when I just wanted to quit, because I'm tired of fighting. And what pains my heart is that I don't want to hear these babies have the same fight," Henson said as she grabbed Brooks by the arm. "My prayer is that the work and the fight and the struggle is to make it easier for them, because I was the little girl that wished and saw these women, these incredible women, [and thought,] 'I want to do that one day.' And then you start doing it and you know how hard it is for us."
“我已經(jīng)做了二十年了,有幾次我只想放棄,因為我厭倦了戰(zhàn)斗。讓我心痛的是,我不想聽到這些孩子也有同樣的爭吵,”漢森一邊說一邊抓住布魯克斯的手臂。“我的祈禱是,我的工作、斗爭和奮斗能讓她們過得更輕松,因為我是那個希望并看到這些女性的小女孩,這些不可思議的女性,我想,‘我有一天也想這樣做。’”然后你開始做,你知道這對我們來說有多難。”
She continued: "I'm like, how can I make it different? How can I make it better? So that this little girl out there is like, 'I want to do that.' I don’t want to have to… I don't want to hear her talk about the same things that me and my sisters have been fighting for for so many years. If I'm not in a position to make it better for those coming behind me, what am I doing?"
她繼續(xù)說道:“我想,我怎么才能讓它與眾不同?我怎樣才能讓它變得更好?這樣,這個小女孩就會說,‘我也想這樣做。’我不想聽她談論我和我的姐妹們?yōu)橹畩^斗了這么多年的事情。如果我不能讓我身后的人過得更好,那我在做什么?”
Henson recognizes the impact of her profession, and her belief in the power of creativity is what keeps her persisting. "Art saves lives, art changes lives, I know how important this craft that we've been blessed with — I know how important this is to humanity," she said. "I get this position, this coveted position in this industry that never gives us a break, and sometimes I just get so enraged, because it's like, I've done all of this! But what about all this other — that doesn't count for anything? It's almost like every time I've got to start from scratch!"
漢森認識到她的職業(yè)的影響,她相信創(chuàng)造力的力量是她堅持不懈的動力。她說:“藝術(shù)拯救生命,藝術(shù)改變生活,我知道我們有幸擁有這門手藝有多重要,我知道這對人類有多重要。”“我得到了這個職位,這個令人垂涎的職位,在這個行業(yè)里從來沒有給我們休息的機會,有時我真的很生氣,因為這就像,我已經(jīng)做了所有這些!”但是,那些沒有任何意義的東西呢?幾乎每次我都得從頭開始!”
The Color Purple hits theaters Dec. 25. Watch the video above for more from the cast.
《紫色》將于12月25日上映。觀看上面的視頻了解更多的演員。