If I spend a really long time with a certain role, I can feel myself becoming consumed by them. I was definitely consumed by Celie, and I was definitely consumed by Harriet. That's part of why I work out so much - it's like a cleanser almost, an hour I can just keep for myself. I need to be conscious of how I treat myself. I put my body through so much when I played Harriet, I felt my body was not 100 percent whole at the end of it. It took some time to heal my body and my mind, because she experienced so much trauma, and I had to let my body know it wasn't really happening to me.
