Latest Aisha Hinds Quotes from Interviews

• It's no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world. Her spirit is one that we absolutely need today, as we face odds that are akin to the divisive and systemic oppression that we read about in our history books, but it's taken on a modern-day articulation of itself. I almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, "I'm gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They're in trouble."

  Aisha Hinds

  Mistake, Believe, Book

• [I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.

  Aisha Hinds

  Pieces, Want, Bigger

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• Study and know that we are always a student of the craft well after we've completed any course of study... and approach the work as a servant, not a star.

  Aisha Hinds

  Stars, Crafts, Students

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose, the dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.

  Aisha Hinds

  Eye, Dark, Opportunity

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original. But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I'd love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.

  Aisha Hinds

  Honor, Stories, Pushing

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• I am indebted to [my grandmothers] always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards the mark of the high calling on my life, wherever that takes me.

  Aisha Hinds

  Passion, Heart, Grandmother

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• We're living in a time where we all got to stay woke !

  Aisha Hinds

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in "The Word" and filled the atmosphere with worship. Though I developed my own personal spiritual relationship later in life, the foundation they laid is what my faith was built upon.

  Aisha Hinds

  Spiritual, Grandmother, Later In Life

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ]. I went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.

  Aisha Hinds

  Art, New York, School

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO. She moved seamlessly through an array of spirited and soul-stirring characters, each one holding a mirror up to me and allowing me in many ways to see a reflection of myself on screen.

  Aisha Hinds

  Memories, Character, Reflection

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• I felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.

  Aisha Hinds

  Voice, Television, Felt

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system, a space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our country is offering a seat at the table to all the voices to be heard, a murder mystery, and grassroots look at our own humanity as we move through the parts and pieces of the story.

  Aisha Hinds

  Country, Moving, Voice

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved. The second season of Underground does explore Canada's role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands who were in danger of being captured and returned to their owners, and those who escaped by way of rerouting beyond the American borders.

  Aisha Hinds

  Safe, Canada, Way

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman. That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.

  Aisha Hinds

  Hero, Book, Icons

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you. I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.

  Aisha Hinds

  Powerful, Real, Stories

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond, Canada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as "freedom."

  Aisha Hinds

  Thank God, Canada, Railroads

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• [Harriet Tubman] lived such a full, complex, and irrefutably-dynamic life that all the craft in the world would be insufficient in honoring her legacy.

  Aisha Hinds

  Legacy, Would Be, World

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find, so that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].

  Aisha Hinds

  Literature, Homework, Hopefully

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction, the masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line.

  Aisha Hinds

  Photography, Character, Writing

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• [Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God, as well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.

  Aisha Hinds

  Spiritual, Warrior, Icons

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot. When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride.

  Aisha Hinds

  House, Drones, Fans

  Source: www.theaquarian.com

• Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.

  Aisha Hinds

  Rights, Movement, Parks

  Source: lasentinel.net

• Harriet Tubman didn't have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement, she was inspired by being sick and tired of the injustice she was experiencing and she knew she had a right to liberty or death, one or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.

  Aisha Hinds

  Tired, Mean, Sick

  Source: lasentinel.net

• [Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood - learning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years, even in past relationships, that I'm still a woman, I still have vulnerabilities even though my aesthetic feels strong, powerful and full of all of the wisdom in the world, I'm still growing and becoming.

  Aisha Hinds

  Strong, Powerful, Educational

  Source: lasentinel.net

• Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a "Super Soul Sunday" every day. Learning about her and the layers of her helps you to see that the same woman who holds a gun and an axe felt feelings for a man.

  Aisha Hinds

  Sunday, Gun, Men

  Source: lasentinel.net

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