“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”
–The beginning of “Wild Geese,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, is interpreted by actor Hill Harper to mean you have to do that one thing that makes you happy in life.
“What does this soft animal, this soft-tissue being that I am, what does it love, and therefore, what action should I take around that?” asks Harper, co-star of CBS’ new fall series “CSI: New York.”
“If you ask yourself those questions and you’re really, truly honest, most of the answers that come up have to do with service.”
Harper, an actor for more than 10 years who has appeared on “Soul Food,” “The Sopranos,” “NYPD Blue” and “The Handler,” is involved in several charitable organizations but says the way that he lives can be a contribution all its own.
“If you walk through life in a place of positivity and service, then that affects others.”
