NAACP Image Award Nominees: 10 Inspiring Quotes From Interviews With BET

What the nominees told BET about their work.

Eddie Murphy getting interviewed on BET Celebs 2019.
Cynthia Erivo, ‘Harriet,'  Outstanding Actress In A Motion Picture - "Whenever I'm playing a scene with someone else, I listen and take that to heart. I try to make sure that I'm fully present at every moment on the set with someone or on the screen. That's the story. I want to make sure that whatever information I was getting, it was registering, so that you could feel what I was feeling.We also studied her face, looked at her face and asked, ‘How did this down-turned mouth happen?’ There was a sadness within her eyes, and I wanted to incorporate that with my own. To replace what I am with her.”
Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx talking about their movie "Just Mercy" on BET 2020.Tyler Perry, Entertainer Of The Year - “No matter what anybody says, I’ve learned to stay true to my voice, stay true to my audience, not chase people’s opinion. I know my audience and who I’m writing for, and staying on that track has brought me to this place. So that has been the most important thing I’ve learned. Being true to myself, being true to my voice and staying clear about who I’m writing for and what I’m doing.”

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Eddie Murphy, 'Dolemite Is My Name,' Outstanding Motion Picture - "It’s rewarding as a producer more than as a comedian. It’s his story, not so much how funny he was. His story is why there’s this movie. Rudy is not Richard Pryor, Rudy is not Red Foxx, but Rudy believes in himself and I thought that was a great story. How you don’t have to be the baddest or the funniest or the best or the cutest or the hottest. The most important ingredient to whatever you want to do in life is believing in yourself."

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