PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS… GLYNN TURMAN
Acting vet Glenn Turman, Emmy-Award nominee for his stellar role on “In Treatment.” Presented by Electronic Urban Report.
Actor Glynn Turman is known to a multigenerational legion of fans. He started out on Broadway originating the role of Travis Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun,” he played Leroy “Preach” Jackson in the film 1975 classic “Cooley High”, starred as the Col. Bradford Taylor on very popular 80s TV show “A Different World,” and played Mayor Clarence V. Royce on the award-riddled cable hit “The Wire.”
Finally, Turman is getting his due from the primetime Emmy Awards, nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama for his role on “In Treatment”
RadioScope/EUR’s Larita Shelby, who co-stars with Turman in the upcoming film “Kings of the Evening” talked with the actor – now Emmy-nominated actor – about his award nod, his illustrious career, and his new project.
LaRita: I’ve watched you and enjoyed you and had the opportunity to be on the set with you in two productions and feel very special to know you.
Q: You were a young man starting out on Broadway and now 50 years later to finally get one of these coveted nominations. What does it mean now?
“I’m enjoying it for what it is. I’m absolutely honored. And for it to come this late in my career – it really gives me a special appreciation for it. You know that old saying ‘Good things come to those who wait.’ And though I’ve been working hard, but not towards that particular goal, this I something to show that my work ethics have been acknowledge and I’m very humbled by it.”
Q: When it comes to these awards, for many of our greatest performers it hasn’t been there thing to get that trophy as any form of validation, but getting it does feel good.
“It’s an acknowledgement that I don’t take lightly. The fine actors in the same category that I’m in are actors whose work I’ve respected over the years. So I’m proud to be amongst my peers; ones that I respect as well.”
Q: Not many people get the opportunity to transcend one phase or facet of Hollywood to the next. Can you demystify the process of having staying power?
“I don’t know if there is any mysticism or mystery to it. It’s a combination of…
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