We had to break up, though. We wanted different things - like he wanted kids and I wanted him to hear.

I always did plays, I got the comedic roles in college ... or, uh, the ones that would get naked.

Comedy isn't really something where you get discovered. You can't network your way to being funny or talented. It's not hard to get seen if you're funny. If you're funny, talented, and work hard, you will go somewhere.

You know what they say: 'Once you go black, your parents don't talk to you anymore.

We had to break up, though. We wanted different things - like he wanted kids and I wanted him to hear.

I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading a mean Twitter comment, and say, 'All right! You got it. You figured me out. I'm not pretty. I'm not thin. I do not deserve to use my voice. I'll start wearing a burqa and start waiting tables at a pancake house. All my self-worth is based on what you can see.' But then I think, F*** that ... I am a woman with thoughts and questions and s*** to say. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story - I will.

I'll never forget the day I realized I wasn't quite the Ford model I thought I was.