It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

Art is art, and journalism is journalism.

When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something different.

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right. If they have a preconceived notion about the role and it goes against my instinct, unless it makes sense to me, it often throws off what I'm trying to do. Though sometimes they have an insight that I don't because they've been living with the script. I don't have one feeling or another about notes, but it is always a little bit of a red alert when I get one in an audition.

The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry.