It's so much more fun to do the work than to talk about it. I will have to admit that. Everybody gets to decide how they feel, and what to take away by themselves, and that's what you hope for. That people will take away different things and have different experiences from the work we do as actors. So I don't like to prescribe how to feel about the work I do.

I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.

It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now I like putting a dress on.

I remember in my very first fitting, costume designer Patricia Norris gave me a garment with these intricate stitches - stitches over stitches, because it had been repaired so many times. Once I put it on, she told me that it belonged to an actual slave woman. My heart just stopped. Each one of the stitches had a story, you know. Just recognizing this period I was going to be dancing with was a "come to Jesus" moment.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.