Naomi Ackie Paul Oscar level performance
paul being the prime example that naomi ackie was talking about when it comes to extraordinarily talented actors of color who put on oscar level performances in every role having to work 10x harder just to even be in the same rooms with mediocre actors
Trascrizione (en)
Do you think we need to have a proper conversation about how women of color are celebrated in our world? Babe, we've been saying it for years. No one cares. Within the industry and just in every industry, I think there is this weird thing that happens where the expectations of you as whatever your job role is are much higher. Like you have to do a lot more to prove yourself. Why is the phone not ringing as much? I did this I thought was a really cool thing I won a BAFTA why is it not hitting in the same way and it causes a lot of self-doubt you have to really motivate yourself and what ends up happening what I experienced was like a lot of like you're amazing you're amazing but there never like a kind of return on that and that makes you put a lot of pressure on yourself if you're already a perfectionist that just makes it so much worse and it also makes you really mad and angry and watchful hyper vigilant then when you do get a job you are applying so much pressure to get it perfect to try and reach that mountaintop but the goalpost keeps moving women of color inhabit a space that is very unique that they're both women and they are people of color it's angering i've almost surrendered to it it's frustrating and needs to be changed but within In the system we live in, I don't see that happening anytime soon. So instead now what I'm doing is doing my work really well. Being myself, not putting pressure on myself and doing what I do and doing whatever I want.
