Jeffrey Wright - I'm An Actor

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Original Air Date: April 22, 2020 Original Show Title: Toure Show Ep 133: I’m An Actor Jeffrey Wright is an amazing actor who’s part of the hot new Batman film. And he’s a Brooklyn guy who cares about his community. In this throwback we talk about his philosophies around acting and about Batman and his work on helping some great local restaurants get meals to Brooklyn hospitals and how he made a difference during the worst of Covid. I’ve known Jeff a long time and he’s a really deep and fascinating guy onscreen and off. Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Music Lover, it's time for Somme Tom Bona jamming to some yot rock
0:07.9	Gone old school with some beep up open for fun bingo 90 if you like your tunes more vibies,
0:14.4	playing can be exciting till you feel the need for dancing.
0:18.3	Here we go!
0:19.3	I'm for a drum and bass!
0:21.3	Oh, just 110 pounds! Tom Bola! Open for fun!
0:27.0	Terms apply 18 plus. Please play safely. And the What's the best advice about acting that you ever got?
0:47.0	The best advice about acting that I ever got?
0:52.0	Maybe it's from Sydney Poitier. He said if I could
0:57.4	say one thing to you. Irony. That was it. What did that mean?
1:02.8	What did that mean?
1:05.3	It meant that you don't always have to play the note.
1:10.9	You can play in between the note playing always playing the note.
1:16.0	Eh, you know, we hear it, but do we really feel it?
1:22.0	In those moments that are most tragic, where's the comedy?
1:27.0	You know, in those moments that are most comic, where's the pathos.
1:33.0	Jeffrey Wright is one of the great character actors of our time,
1:37.0	a true chameleon who can play any role in the world.
1:41.0	He's also a Brooklyn guy who lives around the corner from me, and I've run into him on the world. He's also a Brooklyn guy who lives around the corner from me and I've run into him on the street
1:45.2	all the time.
1:46.7	Right now he's on hiatus from making the new Batman and spearheading a project helping Brooklyn hospitals get food from Brooklyn restaurants, thus feeding our courageous
1:55.8	health care warriors and helping some iconic Brooklyn restaurants stay in business.
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