Wood Harris (Full Interview)

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Veteran actor Wood Harris sits down on the Vlad Couch to speak on growing up in Chicago and compares it to the environment of the city today. Wood details how hip hop and basketball became his life before he decided to get into acting. He speaks on the politics of the acting industry, what it is like to be in such iconic roles from Above the Rim, Remember the Titans, Paid in Full to The Wire and the New Edition Biopic.

Listen to him speak on the brilliance of British actors, working with Denzel Washington, and why he feels so artist today has the complexity of 2Pac.

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“I’m so far ahead of my time; I’m bout to start another life/ Look behind you, I’m bout to pass you twice.”- Jay Z

“Youngins ice grillin’ me, oh you not feeling me/Fine, it cost you nothing/Pay me no mind”

“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant”

“They giveth and they taketh life is cruel that way/But even a broken clock is right at least two times a day”

“A wise man told me don’t argue with fools, cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who.”

“Swear to everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s gon’ be on both feet, never knees in the dirt”

“No one said it would be easy, n**** livin’ is work”

“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying”

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