There’s a saying in Africa, if you give a woman empowerment, you empower a community, you empower men, you empower man. When women become empowered and live in their strength it’s beneficiary to others, and I think as young women today we sometimes forget that we are standing on the struggle of other women. Those women had to stand up to make a change, and they were not popular, and now we’re making them unpopular again.

You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.

You Americans, you have no idea how much your stuff infiltrates the rest of the world!

I've always been attracted to action stuff.

I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

If you're a fighter, you recognize a fighter.

I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.