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Harold Perrineau

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Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I can't hustle drugs. I just can't. I don't know how to do it. Do you know what I mean? I don't have that kind of, I'm not that brave. I'm not interested in it. And so what I want to do is I want to be, I want to go do Swan Lake. I really, really do. Like I want to learn how to to dance to Tchaikovsky. I really, really do.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I can't hustle drugs. I just can't. I don't know how to do it. Do you know what I mean? I don't have that kind of, I'm not that brave. I'm not interested in it. And so what I want to do is I want to be, I want to go do Swan Lake. I really, really do. Like I want to learn how to to dance to Tchaikovsky. I really, really do.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I can't hustle drugs. I just can't. I don't know how to do it. Do you know what I mean? I don't have that kind of, I'm not that brave. I'm not interested in it. And so what I want to do is I want to be, I want to go do Swan Lake. I really, really do. Like I want to learn how to to dance to Tchaikovsky. I really, really do.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I do want to go read, like, you know, the great plays by Arthur Miller and, you know, and do those on Broadway. That's what I want to do. I want to do Shakespeare. And so it's been really tricky to be that goofy guy, but, like, just step into it and just be like, all right, then I just got to be that goofy guy, and you're just going to have to see where that goes.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I do want to go read, like, you know, the great plays by Arthur Miller and, you know, and do those on Broadway. That's what I want to do. I want to do Shakespeare. And so it's been really tricky to be that goofy guy, but, like, just step into it and just be like, all right, then I just got to be that goofy guy, and you're just going to have to see where that goes.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I do want to go read, like, you know, the great plays by Arthur Miller and, you know, and do those on Broadway. That's what I want to do. I want to do Shakespeare. And so it's been really tricky to be that goofy guy, but, like, just step into it and just be like, all right, then I just got to be that goofy guy, and you're just going to have to see where that goes.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

And it's taken me pretty far, I think.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

And it's taken me pretty far, I think.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

And it's taken me pretty far, I think.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

Absolutely. And that's one of the things, again, we talked about this earlier. We talked about representation. Right. It's really important to see different types of people who do all these things, to see women who are entrepreneurs and men who are entrepreneurs. who are dancers, bisexual people who don't have to talk about their sexuality at all but really succeed in whatever field they're in.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

Absolutely. And that's one of the things, again, we talked about this earlier. We talked about representation. Right. It's really important to see different types of people who do all these things, to see women who are entrepreneurs and men who are entrepreneurs. who are dancers, bisexual people who don't have to talk about their sexuality at all but really succeed in whatever field they're in.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

Absolutely. And that's one of the things, again, we talked about this earlier. We talked about representation. Right. It's really important to see different types of people who do all these things, to see women who are entrepreneurs and men who are entrepreneurs. who are dancers, bisexual people who don't have to talk about their sexuality at all but really succeed in whatever field they're in.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

Representation is so important because if somebody is out there that feels like they're alone, they're the only person who looks like them, is like them, thinks like them. You know what I mean? You have to know that you're not the only person like that. And you need to see people who felt the same way and actually have been able to succeed in their own journey.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

Representation is so important because if somebody is out there that feels like they're alone, they're the only person who looks like them, is like them, thinks like them. You know what I mean? You have to know that you're not the only person like that. And you need to see people who felt the same way and actually have been able to succeed in their own journey.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

Representation is so important because if somebody is out there that feels like they're alone, they're the only person who looks like them, is like them, thinks like them. You know what I mean? You have to know that you're not the only person like that. And you need to see people who felt the same way and actually have been able to succeed in their own journey.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I would listen at the end of the day. I'd say what I've been saying the whole time. You really just have to believe it. I don't know if you should quit your job. I don't know. Like I had a lot of jobs that I didn't quit and I just kept going. I met everybody that I could who was like doing plays and I would do all these readings like a place for no money at all.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I would listen at the end of the day. I'd say what I've been saying the whole time. You really just have to believe it. I don't know if you should quit your job. I don't know. Like I had a lot of jobs that I didn't quit and I just kept going. I met everybody that I could who was like doing plays and I would do all these readings like a place for no money at all.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

I would listen at the end of the day. I'd say what I've been saying the whole time. You really just have to believe it. I don't know if you should quit your job. I don't know. Like I had a lot of jobs that I didn't quit and I just kept going. I met everybody that I could who was like doing plays and I would do all these readings like a place for no money at all.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

And then I would go to my bartending job or my

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau – From Dancer to TV Icon

And then I would go to my bartending job or my