You might be someone's favorite, but you might not be someone else's favorite. I will tell you that there was a [casting notice] that said "Tracee Ellis Ross type," but [the producers] didn't want to see me. I've been in this industry long enough to know that even if someone wants to promise me something, it doesn't mean that it's going to happen. There are so many things at play. But it was flattering and exciting.

I've always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it.

Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.

One of the things I've realized is how portable God is. No really, He's everywhere!

My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family.

And it [acting] was exciting to me. And scary.

Why am I beating my hair up? Because I want it to look like something that it isn't? These are questions that I've been pondering my whole life.