Tika Sumpter

thumb Euphemia LatiQue "Tika" Sumpter is an American actress and producer. Sumpter began her career as the host of Best Friend's Date. Quotes Well I play this kind of uptight woman who seemingly has it all except for a man in her life. Then her sister, played by Tiffany Haddish, now Emmy winner Tiffany Haddish!, gets out of jail and, through the course of the movie, her sister brings out the very best in her. She learns that sometimes the right person has been there right in front of you the entire time. I loved the female empowerment aspect of the script, that these women, myself and Tiffany and Whoopi (Goldberg)’s characters, come together and are there for one another. I also loved the complexity and the realness of Danica, because you don’t often get to see that in women in films. Aww!! I mean somebody had to! Oh my God, that was such a great experience. I was like “this is fun! I’d like to do more of this”, so I was grateful that they gave me a great arc and it was just a lot of fun. When I read the script, I connected to it and I got to talk to David about Maureen, and then he offered me the job. That was amazing, getting to have that connection with a director. David Lowery is literally a dream director because he loves talking about the characters and talking about the scenes, but he’s a doer. He knows what he wants and he was easy to work with, much like Tyler Perry. If I did have something to say about something in a scene, he’d say “okay, let’s try it!”. He’s just an actor’s director and it was a dream to work with him. His vision and the visuals are just so visceral and so cinematic, and the fact that he shot it on 16mm so that there’s a look, there’s a feeling, there’s a vibe you feel when you’re watching it, that is very cool. He’s a real filmmaker and lover of film. You know she’s kind of the backbone of this family. She doesn’t have to say much, but when she does say something she’s not nagging you. You can either do it or you don’t have to. I like to see her as someone who compels people to do something, rather than sit around and feel sad about it. I love that about the women in this film – they stick up for themselves, they tell it like it is, and they usually have the last word. Interview: Nobody’s Fool’s Tika Sumpter External links Category:Actresses from New York City Category:Living people Category:African Americans