Billy Dee Williams on actors wearing blackface: 'If you're an actor, you should do whatever you want'
Billy Dee Williams on actors wearing blackface: 'If you're an actor, you should do whatever you want'
April
8,
2024
6:45 p.m.
Class
Bowl
Of
Williams
East
defend
actors
WHO
to want
has
to carry
black face
In
their
performance.
THE
Star
Wars
actor
appeared
on
Bill
Maher
podcast
And
recalled
Lauren
Olivier's
performance
In
1965s
Othello,
Or
THE
actor
wore
black face.
"When
he
did
“Othello!”
I
fell
out
laughing,"
Williams
said
of
Olivier
on
THE
club
Random
podcast.
"He
blocked
her
ass
out
And
walk
around
with
her
ass,
You
know,
because
Black
people
are
supposed
has
to have
big
asses. »
He
continued,
"I
thought
he
was
hysterical.
I
love
he.
I
love
that
kind
of
stuff. »
Maher
mentioned
that
actors
could
not
to carry
Black face
Today,
has
which
Williams
said,
"For what
not?
You
should
TO DO
he.
If
You are
A
actor,
You
should
TO DO
Nothing
You
to want
has
do."
THE
podcasts
host
note
that
Williams
"lived
In
A
period
Or
You
I could not
play
THE
rooms
You
I should have
plays. »
"THE
indicate
East
that
You
don't do it
go
through
life
feeling
as,
'I am
A
victim,'"
Williams
added.
"I
refuse
has
go
through
life
saying
has
THE
world,
'I am
irritated
disabled.'
I am
not
go
be
irritated
disabled
24
hours
A
day. »
Williams
commonly
depicted
THE
role
of
Land on
Calrissian
In
Star
Wars:
THE
Empire
Strikes
Back
In
1980.
THE
actor
taken back
her
role
In
1983s
Back
of
THE
Jedi
And
Again
In
2019
Increase
of
Skywalker.
In
A
interview
with
THE
Guardian
earlier
This
year,
Williams
said
he
doesn't
"think
In
terms
of
Black"
about
THE
characters
he
depicted
In
media.
"I
Never
think
of
myself
In
terms
of
THE
only
Black
character.
Everyone
other
could
think
of
he
that
path.
In
My
reasoning
In
My
own
head,
I am
just
A
character,"
he
said.
"A
character
has
certain
qualities
that
TO DO
A
character
A
winner
character
In
A
movie
Or
A
character
that
East
not
able
has
translate
very
GOOD.
I have
has been
able
has
translate
very
GOOD
through
THE
board of directors. »
Watch
Williams
complete
interview
In
THE
video
below.
Bowl
Of
Williams
East
defend
actors
WHO
to want
has
to carry
black face
In
their
performance.
THE
Star
Wars
actor
appeared
on
Bill
Maher
podcast
And
recalled
Lauren
Olivier's
performance
In
1965s
Othello,
Or
THE
actor
wore
black face.
"When
he
did
“Othello!”
I
fell
out
laughing,"
Williams
said
of
Olivier
on
THE
club
Random
podcast.
"He
blocked
her
ass
out
And
walk
around
with
her
ass,
You
know,
because
Black
people
are
supposed
has
to have
big
asses. »
He
continued,
"I
thought
he
was
hysterical.
I
love
he.
I
love
that
kind
of
stuff. »
Maher
mentioned
that
actors
could
not
to carry
Black face
Today,
has
which
Williams
said,
"For what
not?
You
should
TO DO
he.
If
You are
A
actor,
You
should
TO DO
Nothing
You
to want
has
do."
THE
podcasts
host
note
that
Williams
"lived
In
A
period
Or
You
I could not
play
THE
rooms
You
I should have
plays. »
"THE
indicate
East
that
You
don't do it
go
through
life
feeling
as,
'I am
A
victim,'"
Williams
added.
"I
refuse
has
go
through
life
saying
has
THE
world,
'I am
irritated
disabled.'
I am
not
go
be
irritated
disabled
24
hours
A
day. »
Williams
commonly
depicted
THE
role
of
Land on
Calrissian
In
Star
Wars:
THE
Empire
Strikes
Back
In
1980.
THE
actor
taken back
her
role
In
1983s
Back
of
THE
Jedi
And
Again
In
2019
Increase
of
Skywalker.
In
A
interview
with
THE
Guardian
earlier
This
year,
Williams
said
he
doesn't
"think
In
terms
of
Black"
about
THE
characters
he
depicted
In
media.
"I
Never
think
of
myself
In
terms
of
THE
only
Black
character.
Everyone
other
could
think
of
he
that
path.
In
My
reasoning
In
My
own
head,
I am
just
A
character,"
he
said.
"A
character
has
certain
qualities
that
TO DO
A
character
A
winner
character
In
A
movie
Or
A
character
that
East
not
able
has
translate
very
GOOD.
I have
has been
able
has
translate
very
GOOD
through
THE
board of directors. »
Watch
Williams
complete
interview
In
THE
video
below.
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