I try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing.

I'm a multi-faceted human being.

I've always had an ear for languages and music so it's something I'm continually working on but it's fun.

There is the old boys' club, but there are ­people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

I'm just broadening my craft and stretching my skills a little bit in different directions.

I'm interested in playing lots of different complex women.

I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.