I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying.

I'm usually put off by performers when they get political

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes.

Every character I do is based on someone I know.

I've always been a misfit.

I'm fascinated by Bollywood.