Orlando is such a kind person. He's so generous and one of us, 'us' meaning a theater person. What a lot of people don't know about him is that, before 'Lord of the Rings,' he went to theater school like a lot of us. He is just really sweet and hard working.

Condola Rashad

I admire fashion and I respect it greatly, but I don't necessarily follow trends. I never really have. I just wear what I like to wear. I really like colors, and there are some things I wear and don't care what anybody says about it being in style or not. I wear it anyway.

Condola Rashad

The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.

Condola Rashad

I prefer theater and film. I did a little television, and obviously I'm not knocking it. It can be great, and it does pay the bills. But it's a little bit more disjointed.

Condola Rashad

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

Condola Rashad

Orlando is such a kind person. He's so generous and one of us, 'us' meaning a theater person. What a lot of people don't know about him is that, before 'Lord of the Rings,' he went to theater school like a lot of us. He is just really sweet and hard working.

Condola Rashad

When films are remade, it often becomes a big deal. In theater, it's called a revival.

Condola Rashad

If I see something that's extremely challenging, I'm like, 'That seems really hard. Let's try it.' It's just my personality.

Condola Rashad

The truth of the matter is, I am a black woman, and I am an actor. I don't try to get caught up in being a black actor; I'm just an actor who is a black woman. It's not about forgetting that you're black, but you don't need to be hammered over the head, either; it just is what it is.

Condola Rashad

I started playing piano when I was around four; that's my first passion.

Condola Rashad

I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

Condola Rashad

One day I'm not busy at all; the next day I have work for months - that's kind of the way it works!

Condola Rashad

I really want to do film, but I want to do the right film. The truth for me is that I'm really driven by stories. So there are stories I want to tell, and if it's a good story then I want to do it, whatever genre it is.

Condola Rashad

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

Condola Rashad

Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.

Condola Rashad

You know how there's always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? I'm not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place.

Condola Rashad

William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I don't believe it, I have to work really hard to see what that truth is so that I do; that's the only way I can make it believable for the audience.

Condola Rashad

I wasn't even a theater kid in high school. I studied classical piano, and I ran track.

Condola Rashad

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

Condola Rashad

Paul Giamatti is truly one of my biggest inspirations, and even more so now that I've gotten to work with him. Every single thing he does, he completely transforms into it. When I watch a film with Paul in it, I'm not like, 'Oh, there's Paul.' I'm completely into whatever character he's in, and I'm not thinking about him as an actor.

Condola Rashad

I think, even when I was little, there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist. My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.

Condola Rashad