Star Wars actor says he believes actors should be free to ‘do anything you want to do’, in a discussion about Laurence Olivier’s performance in Othello
Billy Dee Williams pictured in California in 2018. The Star Wars actor says actors should be able to wear blackface.Billy Dee Williams pictured in California in 2018. The Star Wars actor says actors should be able to wear blackface.
“When he did Othello, I fell out laughing,” he said. “He stuck his ass out and walked around with his ass, you know, because Black people are supposed to have big asses … I thought it was hysterical. I loved it. I love that kind of stuff.”“Why not? You should do it,” Williams said. “If you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do … As an actor, whatever you think you can do, you should be able to do it.
“But it didn’t matter. Of course it happened but the fact is, you discuss it. The point is, that you don’t go through life feeling like, ‘I’m a victim,’” Williams said. “I refuse to go through life saying to the world, ‘I’m pissed off.’ I’m not gonna be pissed off 24 hours a day.”
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