Oprah Winfrey is looking back. The 66-year-old mogul opened up about her role in The Color Purple, which premiered 35 years ago, in an emotional Instagram post on Sunday (December 20). PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Oprah Winfrey “35 years ago today, #TheColorPurple premiered.
I’ve never wanted anything in my life more than I wanted to be in that movie,” she captioned the post. “When I read the book the first time, I bought copies to hand them out to people.
I told everyone I wanted to be in the movie. It was that deep. And one faithful morning, @quincyjones saw me on AM Chicago, said I should audition, and the rest is movie history!
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