WATCH: How Cynthia Erivo Handles Life's Challenges

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00:00Now, in Wicked, your character is a woman of color,

00:03happens to be green, and has a magical power

00:07that no one else has.

00:09We can all relate to this in this room, can't we?

00:12Can I hear a source?

00:14Right?

00:17Honestly.

00:19Through many adversities,

00:21she discovers how to embrace her uniqueness

00:24with the help of sisterhood and encouragement.

00:27I've had hurdles myself to leap over,

00:30like losing my dad and looking to start my career

00:33all while juggling my mom's health.

00:36My source stepped in the gap for me

00:38in a huge way during this fragile time,

00:41giving me love, support, and guidance,

00:44helping me to push through those adversities.

00:46So how do you harness your own power amid adversity?

00:53I was talking to Tamron Hall today,

00:56and she said, you march to the beat of your own drum.

01:00How does that feel sometimes?

01:02And sometimes it's, like, right early on in my career,

01:09I was always slightly odd, slightly to the left,

01:10a little bit different to most people.

01:12And it can be really scary,

01:14because when no one else is like you,

01:17you feel like you might be the one making the mistake,

01:19but actually, when it feels true,

01:22you can't do anything other than that.

01:25And so, through adversity,

01:29I think I've just had a bit of staying power.

01:32I've had to be a bit brave just to keep going forward.

01:38My stylist, Jason Bolden, who's like a big brother,

01:41says put blinders on, keep your blinders on,

01:43look at your own path, keep moving forward,

01:46because if you start looking left and right,

01:48you might get distracted and you miss a step.

01:50So when it gets tough, when it gets hard,

01:54for me, I have to really focus

01:57on the thing that is in front of me,

01:59on the thing that I have to move towards.

02:02And then I'm lucky enough

02:05to have really good people around me

02:06who will just get back up,

02:10just who are always there for me when I need them.

02:16I have really good people around me, really good friends,

02:18who just don't go anywhere,

02:21even when I want them to, they won't listen.

02:25You know?

02:27It's a combination of a little bit of determination,

02:30stubbornness, because I'm a Capricorn.

02:34Caps.

02:35And good people, yeah.

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