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harveyxspecter:

I walked down the hall to look in on you and Clyde came out of your room and I knew what he’d done. He was a big man. Loved his liquor and his hooch. Smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, he was always stinkin’ up the house with cigarettes smoke. All the time he’d just fall asleep on the couch with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. I’d go by, I’d put it out. One night, not too long after, he fell asleep on the couch, drunk as a skunk, lit cigarette hanging out of his mouth. I got you and your brothers and sisters out of bed and we went over to Aunt Mables to sleep. And that night, that house that I loved so much, burned to the ground. And your Uncle Clyde burned right with it.

Profound

rubyredwisp:

 Have Viola’s performances inspired you as well? As an artist, you’re always growing.
Absolutely. There’s no question about it. The first time I saw her, she just took my breath away and what I felt was more than what I saw, if you understand that. And so I knew that this was someone super special and so when she… took it upon herself to go to the powers that be and say, ‘I want Cicely Tyson to play my mom,’ I can’t tell you what that… means to me.