We hope to entertain and get people's hearts and minds open to have more compassion and empathy for others, shots Fired.
I've never gotten any complaints about my headscarf from a man. You can be sexy with a head wrap!
It just drove home for us what a responsibility we had to tell this story and tell it with the most truth.
I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish.
I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.
When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film.
I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.
It came in my life at a time I was kind of rethinking beliefs and desires, and actually my hair was a big part of that.
I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.
I've never gotten any complaints about my headscarf from a man. You can be sexy with a head wrap!
If someone has already done a role I'm about to do, I won't watch the original until after I'm finished playing the role.
I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.
I felt like it was definitely the stronger choice, it was committing to all she was going through.
It came in my life at a time I was kind of rethinking beliefs and desires, and actually my hair was a big part of that.
We hope to entertain and get people's hearts and minds open to have more compassion and empathy for others, shots Fired.
It just drove home for us what a responsibility we had to tell this story and tell it with the most truth.