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" When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react. "
Nelsan Ellis
Act
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" I'd always dabbled in acting. "
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" There were not many black students at Juilliard, unfortunately. So when you get there, you become very good friends, in particular, with the other black students. "
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" When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.' "
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" My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian. "
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" But no one told me that when you're in the military, they own you. "
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" You have to be a tough gay person in the South. "
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" When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town where the arts didn't exist and the desire for education didn't exist and wasn't valued. "
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" I was raised by women. "
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" There are homophobic people in my family. They're deeply religious. "
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" I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would fill myself up with whatever devil worshippers believe. Then, as myself, I empty that out and become Nelsan. "
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" My years at Thornridge probably changed the course of my life. "
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" I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father. "
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" You go back to my town, it's like going back to the 1960s... just not a great place to grow up. "
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