I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come up.

Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world.

I try to put myself into whatever character I play.

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

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 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.