I had been going on auditions and things like that since I was probably 10 - 11 years old.

Men. You can't live with them, you can't... no. That's about it.

And what happens a lot of times when - let's just speak specifically white and black - when white or black people feel misunderstood when it comes to talking about race, they immediately get defensive.

I can work inside the boundaries of Erika Murphy, or whoever the character is. It's fun to create somebody that's not you, that doesn't exist.

I don't think something is a failure if you put your all into it. I'm a big fan of the saying, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."

I had been going on auditions and things like that since I was probably 10 - 11 years old.

We play different people - our art form is performance art - so unless you're playing the same type of person, I don't know if you could improve or make it worse.