Poetry is a lyrical insinuation. Often, its melodic subtlety kisses the subconscious mind.

I need to be able to write a poem after every film and to kind of cleanse myself from the character because for about three months or so, I'm constantly living through the character's eyes.

While some mothers sing lullabies to their children, my mother read me poetry. And to this day, I associate my strongest and most insistent feelings with words lyrically organized on a page.

My mother's only wish was to start a life in America because America was the cradle of every promise and opportunity.

I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English.

I think as actors we need to close read scripts and we need to fully understand the intricacies of dialogue as well as the symbolisms of what the actor wears and what they hold in their hand because that only adds more layers to the character.

We have such a finite amount of hours on this planet, and there is just no excuse for living a mundane, predictable life in life.