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ANGELA BASSETT This movie, “Soul,” celebrates the idea of
community and the people that are around us.
JAMIE FOXX It shines a beautiful, artistic light
on what a neighborhood and love for your neighbors should be.
TINA FEY Joe’s neighborhood formed him in the way
a lot of city kids grow up, where it’s not
just your immediate family that kind of raise you.
You’re brought up by everybody that you come in contact with in your neighborhood.
Joe is still stopping by his mother’s tailoring shop, and all of the women that
work there are like, “aunties” and surrogate mothers to him.
- You look marvelous. - It fits perfect!
ANGELA BASSETT There’s a barber shop, and all the locals
who are there week to week to week.
JAMIE FOXX You go into that barber shop, and you can
talk about anything from love, laughter, anger, politics, and feel comfortable,
then it’s a good old-fashioned neighborhood where everybody knows your name.
QUESTLOVE What I love about what “Soul” does
as a movie, and as far as the way that they present a neighborhood, is
you just have a diverse array of different people.
PHYLICIA RASHAD People make the community,
and community is important.
DAVEED DIGGS One of the things that “Soul” does so well
is celebrate how important it is to just be a good member of your community,
and how some of the best work you will ever do in your life has to do with making
the people around you’s lives better.
Because when you share the load of living, it makes it easier.
JAMIE FOXX We really need to celebrate that.
Being able to celebrate community, being able to celebrate love.
This looks for the good. We’re showing you the good of life,
we’re showing you Joe’s smile, we’re showing you Joe’s energy,
and he just wants to pass it on.