Today's Black Woman - Salli Richardson-Whitfield

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I. But I definitely had to audition and do a r n test for it; but I did Fe I
it was In ' part to lose. As Ion as I went there and did what I was up
to do, which was audition it ~ 'lIS de6ni Jy In j b
On the personal i e of things, Rich· son has
Dondre 'vllitfi Id for five ars and the' ha\
private school n ir 0< achy neighborh
What he O£'sn't lik s much is o' g red ts-but 1 keeps III min
it's for her dau ht r that she ne s to et Ollt ther and pre S th f1 h.
Rich on,' he red carpet-I have n~'er I ved it but I guess it is fun once
'Ou get out th re for a little bit. I don't do a lot ofceleb parti ~'ents-tl t h·
n n m thing. But. \\lth mr dau fer h I have to g t out more
bec:::aW>e the whole p 55 thing g you ~ rk:
According to Richardson. bein a I-lif, m tll r has. helped her in
s g. . '\\'ell hone tI . at fint I didn't 0\ how much it was in'" to
help my work. ItJUSl gives m . different depth, especiall~ pIa iog mothf'f"; n \'.
You don't reall ' de!Stand what that mean until ~ are mom In real \' e,
it j . makes m . life lIch mo hectil: The hours on the It 'art> 10 g. and.
som times, 5 me of the cast members work Ion 'r than m • bill like I t·1I
them. 'I'm never ofT: When I g IT of wor I Just don't t !!ome t and
unwind and sit down and memori7.e 111> lin . I have to e hom and
mom full time and aft r m. u...hter gO£' to sleep then 1 try to flfid oOle time
to memorize the lioes. TIleo I have 0 get lip and be mom !wfore I h••" lolf'a
It' been much harder than I ever d.­
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