Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.

It's exciting to me that people know that I'm someone who's very political.

I get through the tough times through prayer and meditation. And I have really good friends and family, and a great therapist.

Because having your story told as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian, as a trans person, or as any member of any disenfranchised community, is sadly often still a radical idea. There is so much power in storytelling, and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling, in inclusive representations.

Voting for [Donald] Trump Is Voting Against Ourselves.

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support each other, and also take care of yourself.

You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is.