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Harold Perrineau

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
351 total appearances

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Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

I might not be able to be with my friends tonight, but I do want to go and do this thing because it's really going to serve me in whatever it is I'm looking for. And so hopefully they'll see those things happening with me and that'll inspire them in some way. I hope. I hope.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

I might not be able to be with my friends tonight, but I do want to go and do this thing because it's really going to serve me in whatever it is I'm looking for. And so hopefully they'll see those things happening with me and that'll inspire them in some way. I hope. I hope.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

I got to say that, you know, in my career, I've had a lot. I've been really successful. Lucky is what I mean. Not just successful, but like there are a lot of actors and there are a lot of great actors. And like not only working hard, but it takes a little bit of luck, you know what I mean? And luck is almost where you make it, you put yourself in the position to be lucky.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

I got to say that, you know, in my career, I've had a lot. I've been really successful. Lucky is what I mean. Not just successful, but like there are a lot of actors and there are a lot of great actors. And like not only working hard, but it takes a little bit of luck, you know what I mean? And luck is almost where you make it, you put yourself in the position to be lucky.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

I got to say that, you know, in my career, I've had a lot. I've been really successful. Lucky is what I mean. Not just successful, but like there are a lot of actors and there are a lot of great actors. And like not only working hard, but it takes a little bit of luck, you know what I mean? And luck is almost where you make it, you put yourself in the position to be lucky.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

But I do remember when I got William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and I had the dreads, and I was just, you know, and I was like this dancer who was weird and wacky, and I didn't think I had a shot in hell to get it, but I kept going back and going back and going back, and Baz was like, let's try this, let's try this, and then I wound up being there, and I remember when I got it, I was just like...

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

But I do remember when I got William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and I had the dreads, and I was just, you know, and I was like this dancer who was weird and wacky, and I didn't think I had a shot in hell to get it, but I kept going back and going back and going back, and Baz was like, let's try this, let's try this, and then I wound up being there, and I remember when I got it, I was just like...

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

But I do remember when I got William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and I had the dreads, and I was just, you know, and I was like this dancer who was weird and wacky, and I didn't think I had a shot in hell to get it, but I kept going back and going back and going back, and Baz was like, let's try this, let's try this, and then I wound up being there, and I remember when I got it, I was just like...

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Oh, snap. I'm about to do Shakespeare. Shakespeare. With, you know, some of the greatest actors on the planet. And this amazing young director, Baz Luhrmann. And it was one of those times when I was just like, this is wild. Like, this is wild. We shot in Mexico City. It was really, really amazing. It felt like... Yeah, yeah, it felt really good to have to do that.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Oh, snap. I'm about to do Shakespeare. Shakespeare. With, you know, some of the greatest actors on the planet. And this amazing young director, Baz Luhrmann. And it was one of those times when I was just like, this is wild. Like, this is wild. We shot in Mexico City. It was really, really amazing. It felt like... Yeah, yeah, it felt really good to have to do that.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Oh, snap. I'm about to do Shakespeare. Shakespeare. With, you know, some of the greatest actors on the planet. And this amazing young director, Baz Luhrmann. And it was one of those times when I was just like, this is wild. Like, this is wild. We shot in Mexico City. It was really, really amazing. It felt like... Yeah, yeah, it felt really good to have to do that.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Yeah, yeah. I had done this movie also. I did this movie called The Edge. And it's me, and it was Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins, which is already mind-blowing. Like, it's mind-blowing. It's crazy. And we go to the premiere, and we walk out of the premiere, and somebody goes, young man, that bear ate you up. And I look up to see who it is, and it's Morgan Freeman. And I stop. I'm just like.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Yeah, yeah. I had done this movie also. I did this movie called The Edge. And it's me, and it was Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins, which is already mind-blowing. Like, it's mind-blowing. It's crazy. And we go to the premiere, and we walk out of the premiere, and somebody goes, young man, that bear ate you up. And I look up to see who it is, and it's Morgan Freeman. And I stop. I'm just like.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Yeah, yeah. I had done this movie also. I did this movie called The Edge. And it's me, and it was Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins, which is already mind-blowing. Like, it's mind-blowing. It's crazy. And we go to the premiere, and we walk out of the premiere, and somebody goes, young man, that bear ate you up. And I look up to see who it is, and it's Morgan Freeman. And I stop. I'm just like.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Like, I can barely say a word. Like, you know, it's crazy. Or, like, I did this play, and Denzel Washington came backstage. He's like, man, you a tough dude. And I was like, oh, Scott, that's Denzel Washington. You know, like, these are people who I've looked up to my whole career and sort of tried to emulate part of my career.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Like, I can barely say a word. Like, you know, it's crazy. Or, like, I did this play, and Denzel Washington came backstage. He's like, man, you a tough dude. And I was like, oh, Scott, that's Denzel Washington. You know, like, these are people who I've looked up to my whole career and sort of tried to emulate part of my career.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Like, I can barely say a word. Like, you know, it's crazy. Or, like, I did this play, and Denzel Washington came backstage. He's like, man, you a tough dude. And I was like, oh, Scott, that's Denzel Washington. You know, like, these are people who I've looked up to my whole career and sort of tried to emulate part of my career.

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Like, they're amazing, amazing artists, and they work really hard, and I've tried to emulate them, and it's just...

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Like, they're amazing, amazing artists, and they work really hard, and I've tried to emulate them, and it's just...

Living Your Legacy
The Untold Journey of Harold Perrineau โ€“ From Dancer to TV Icon

Like, they're amazing, amazing artists, and they work really hard, and I've tried to emulate them, and it's just...