![]() So, I got the book section and I read this review of Alice Walker’s book, The Color Purple. Times, but I was in Baltimore, so it was New York Times. Now that I’m in Los Angeles, it’s the L.A. I would get the New York Times and read the book section. The first thing I would do on Sundays in 1983, when the book first came out, is the same thing that I do now. WINFREY: The Color Purple was a seminal moment in my life. ![]() Why did it have such deep meaning for you? You’ve said that your experience on The Color Purple changed your life. Check out what she had to say after the jump. While there, Oprah Winfrey, also known as the Queen of All Media, talked about being honored by the town she now resides in, how her experience on The Color Purple changed her life, why it had such deep meaning for her, her crazy journey to get that role, learning how to give herself over to a character, what made you want to get into producing, the disappointment she experienced with Beloved, wanting to only take acting roles in stories that having meaning and matter to her, why she felt she was poorly cast as the voice of Mother Goose in Charlotte’s Web, why she refused to do Prisoners, what made her say yes to The Butler, the types of roles she won’t do, and that she thinks she will do more films. ![]() Collider was there to cover and attend the event, and we’ve compiled the highlights of what she had to say during the Q&A. Drawing a fully packed house, the 29 th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) presented the prestigious Montecito Award to hometown girl Oprah Winfrey this year, on behalf of her inspirational performance in Lee Daniels' The Butler and as a celebration of her overall career.
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