August [Wilson] elevates in us is the average man in a way that is heroic and real and human. What you do is you sit with our pathology, you invest in our humanity. We're not walking around like walking symbols like we mean something larger. We're just moving throughout our lives and that's the power of the piece. That's revolutionary.

I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to conjure something in your mind to feel like it's possible.

[I listen to] "Uptown Funk", Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress - I listen to that.

The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.

I am not a glam woman - this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.