[faded mind]

RUTH NEGGA photographed by Collier Schorr for AnOther Magazine S/S17

“Maya Angelou’s poem ‘And Still I Rise’ [is] one of those things I try to remember whenever things are looking difficult or insurmountable. Maya Angelou is a hero of mine because she acknowledged everything about herself, good and bad, and it was all OK. And I think we have a tendency now to latch on to only the good aspects of ourselves and that does not the whole person make. That’s denying a part of yourself and it’s dangerous, it’s not healthy. It’s so important to own everything about yourself.” 

Ruth Negga for AnOther Magazine

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Ruth Negga • Taraji P. Henson • Royalty Hightower • Sasha Lane • Viola Davis

Ruth Negga covers AnOther Magazine S/S17

When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you feel like youre in the way.

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Emma Stone, Ruth Negga, Isabelle Huppert, Taraji P. Henson, Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman, Viola Davis, Sasha Lane, photographed by Jack Davison for The New York Times ‘Great Performers’, December 2016.

“I like working with people who are kind, above all else. I don’t really want to work with someone who will manipulate me. The idea that you must treat actors a certain way in order to get a performance out of them kind of disturbs me, and it’s disregarding what we do. Our job is to do our job. I don’t believe that directors need to essentially manipulate actors into doing things. You can suffer for your art, and you can make your own self suffer for your art. You don’t need anyone else to do it for you.” 

Ruth Negga for Interview Magazine

Ruth Negga photographed by Justin Coit for The Hollywood Reporter

Ruth Negga