Colman Domingo

Domingo shares advice from a 70-year-old driver in Toronto that he says guides how he enters rooms and sets.

“it's important to, you want to hope for everything, but want for nothing”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:52

Domingo recounts that when he told Oprah Winfrey his mother had written her repeatedly, she replied she knew she had received the message.

“oh, I don't know if I got the letters, but I know I got the message”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 53:18

Domingo says he must love every character he plays, including villains, and researches them rather than accepting others' judgments.

“I think I have to love every character that I play”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 45:23

Domingo says his commencement speech at Temple University was organized around love and service.

“what I want to inspire people to do is to love more and whatever that means”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 44:06

Domingo argues Donna Summer was among the greatest singers ever because of her vocal versatility.

“And she was one of the greatest singers, I think, that has ever walked this planet”

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Domingo credits his mother with making him feel special and giving him an expansive imagination.

“She would make me believe that I was very special and that the world was set up to do me more good than harm constantly”

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Domingo says he cried both times he watched Disclosure Day and sees it as a film meant to reconnect people.

“it really did feel like it's a movie that's trying to connect us again, all of us,”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 59:47

Domingo describes Spielberg as a director who instills confidence in actors even during complex, demanding scenes.

“Even if he's giving you the wildest task of saying these lines while going through an explosion and the camera work is all intensive”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 58:31

Domingo says he coped with rejection by detaching himself from the outcome of auditions.

“at some point you had to divorce yourself from the idea of getting the role”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:09

Domingo says he was paid about $150 a day on Sing Sing, a tightly scheduled film made with formerly incarcerated men.

“But I knew it was something that like, you know, I think I got paid like $150 a day”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 48:15

Domingo says he identified with Bayard Rustin being on the sidelines of history because his own career felt similarly marginalized.

“I felt that my career was very similar in that way. I would show up, I would do the work”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 46:35

Domingo says a college acting teacher was the first person to suggest he pursue acting professionally.

“I'd never heard until I got to college that someone said, I would be curious if you follow this path as an actor”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Colman Domingo (Jun 9, 2026) · Listen from 25:59