Get Anthony Anderson going and the voluble “black-ish” star will keep on going. The actor, who also serves as a co-executive producer on the ABC series, received his third consecutive Emmy nomination last month for portraying patriarch Dre Johnson.
We recently sat down with Anderson to talk about how “black-ish” manages to find a balance between serious, topical issues and laugh-out loud funny family moments and how the classic Norman Lear sitcoms of the ’70s serve as a guide.
I wanted to talk first about Dre’s evolution because I’m proud of Dre.
Has there been? Please share with me.
He is starting to think of others before he thinks of himself, sometimes.
Oh, well, I have you fooled. Dre has you fooled.
For me, the real pivotal thing was when Zoey (Yara Shahidi) went to look at schools, and you and Bow were just like, “Oh, God, our baby is going away.” But eventually you came to your senses, which Dre often does, but I feel like he comes to his senses sooner and with more enlightenment this season. Is that just natural evolution?