The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.

The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.

The directors were often really nice and I was well behaved, so I would just sit there in rehearsal. That allowed me to see the process - not just the result, the red carpet, all of the wonderful, fun things that happen afterwards - the nuts and bolts, the nitty-gritty, "Let's try to build this character from the page," tech rehearsals.

Im a songwriter and Id love to make that a part of my career.

William Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and he only wrote the truth. So, if I dont believe it, I have to work really hard to see what that truth is so that I do; thats the only way I can make it believable for the audience.

Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a certain type that they go for or don't.

I wasn't even a theater kid in high school. I studied classical piano, and I ran track.