Meet Dwight Henry, Baker of the Southern Wild

How does your experience as a baker influence your acting? With Wink, it actually showed some of my leadership qualities. The characters looked up to Wink and he had to be a sort of leader to this group of people. I was one of them old holdouts during Hurricane Katrina, protecting my store. Being an employer, people look up to me for their livelihood. I have to be there for them.

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