Columbus Short
Columbus Short
Columbus Keith Short, Jr. is an American choreographer, actor, and singer. He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman. He is best known for his roles in the films Stomp the Yard, Cadillac Records, Armored, and The Losers. He previously starred as a series regular in the ABC drama Scandal, as Harrison Wright. On April 26, 2014, it was announced that Short would leave Scandal after three seasons with the show...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth19 September 1982
CityKansas City, MO
CountryUnited States of America
I've learned that I can't do it all at once. So, you have to figure out your angle of attack. Coming in on the acting front, acting is a passion of mine. It's a true love. Dancing, I kind of just fell into. Choreographing, the same thing. But making films, producing and directing, that's the heartbeat of my existence.
With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.
Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.
I want to play Martin Luther King. That is absolutely a role and a character who is important to the landscape of the world that I really want to play.
You've got to be honest with yourself aesthetically about who could you play. You want to artistically be true to that character.
You stay with the foundation and then you just try different things because you don't know how the director will cut it and you want to give him, what will work, and you want to give him some options, give yourself some options, discover some things when you start to play. That's what we do; we get paid to play.
The point of acting is to hide yourself and get lost in character. To play the same character in eighteen movies would be defeating the purpose I believe so I try to keep a little bit of diversity.