Oprah Winfrey for "The Color Purple" 1986 - Bobbie Wygant Archive 

I dig his testimony in booking the role and his acting preparation .

I was six years old

If you didn't know, they only had one camera so thats whay she's saying the questions to herself and using the fake reaction shots in the final edit. In the final piece, it'll cut to them, back to the interviewer, back to them. As if they had a multi-camera taping.