Whoopi Goldberg inspired 'Harlem' costar Meagan Good to 'stop apologizing so much'

• Whoopi Goldberg and Meagan Good star in Prime Video's "Harlem."
• Good told Insider that Goldberg is "a big advocate and mentor to women."

"Harlem" is a new series costarring Meagan Good and Whoopi Goldberg as two characters working at Columbia University. When Insider asked Good what it was like to work with Goldberg, the actress had high praise.

"Whoopi is a legend," Good told Insider at a recent press junket for "Harlem."

Good's character Camille is an adjunct professor at Columbia who is trying to find balance between advancing in her career and figuring out what she wants romantically. Camille's career plans change when her new boss Dr. Elise Pruitt (Whoopi Goldberg) arrives on campus.

Good says Goldberg embodies qualities she hopes to hone herself.

"I've been in the business for 30 years, and the child-actor in me wants to please and always wants to be pleasant and always wants to be likable and all these things," Good said. "What struck me about Whoopi is that she is so authentic and so real and can be humble and unapologetic in the same breath without it coming off any kind of way."

Good says there's an indefinable quality to Goldberg that she "really respects."

"I aspire to stop apologizing so much and know that just who I am in my heart is enough and be reminded that some people are going to get it and some people aren't and that's okay," she said. "Not everybody's your people, that's all right, you know?"

Good also said Goldberg made a birthday video tribute for Good's 40th birthday this past August.

"She's a big advocate and mentor to women," Good said. "I just love her spirit and love who she is and respect her even more, even though I didn't think that that was possible."

"Harlem" is streaming now on Prime Video.