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I can be just a touch controlling!
My favorite spot to hang out is my home.
Strength doesn't mean an absence of pain.
My hair routine is to let someone else do it.
I love thigh highs, heels, shorts, or a skirt.
We all have our family issues from time to time.
Not everyone's high standards have to be the same thing.
I'm obsessed with eyeliner - the darker and kohl-ier, the better.
To relax, I love sitting back and turning my brain off and watching TV.
My ideal date would involve a park or rowing in those little boats on a lake.
I thought I was going to be on Broadway. I thought, 'I'm going to do theater.'
If I had a free afternoon, I would play music, sit in my backyard, and drink coffee.
It gets a little crazy at Disneyland. It's a little bit more hardcore then people think.
I grew up in a very suburban neighborhood, so I was used to everything being safe and lovely.
I'm a little bit of a control freak, so it's been nice to learn to let go and just trust others.
I love Haagen Daaz Caramel Cone, or the Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake. Pairs well with anything.
A man should be well groomed. If you're going to have facial hair, it should be a choice, not an accident.
Not to say there's not good TV out there, but I think TV is better when it accurately reflects the world as it is.
I want to write. I want to direct. I want to produce - I want to inhabit what I think it means to fully be an artist.
I think it's well-known that I love all things ABC and Shonda Rhimes - I'm a huge 'Scandal' and 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
There are people who do what they believe is right, but as they say, 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions.'
I've never given my phone number to someone on the street, but when someone is a gentleman, I appreciate the compliments.
To meet someone who wants to fight to just tell the truth about what's happening in government... this is a real life superhero right here.
If you ask two people to remember a specific event, the stories are going to vary wildly because we always make ourselves out to be the hero.
I always think - when I get mad, and people say, 'Don't be the angry black woman' - it's like, well, why not? There's so much to be angry about.
Television has embraced so much in terms of storytelling and in terms of a wide array of characters conveying stories from different points of view.
It's such a big deal, the notion that these enslaved Africans had marriages and children... because therein lies our humanity, our capacity for love.
A man can get my attention by smiling at me and then coming over and talking to me. The best way to get a girl's attention is to start a conversation.
I saw 'Birth' at the Sundance Film Festival with a thousand other strangers, and I couldn't believe that was me in the film. I didn't recognize myself.
I have a girl crush on Olivia Munn so much, especially on 'Newsroom.' And Cara Delevingne, but who doesn't love her face? Viola Davis is my acting crush.
If all we remember are good things, then happiness is our baseline, and there's no longer happiness. We need other feelings in order to appreciate others.
Create something for yourself that you feel proud of, that you are in control of, that gives you a better understanding of the type of artist you want to be.
When I was younger, my mother tried to get me an agent because I was always singing and dancing, but whenever she took me to an audition, I would just shut down.
The advice that I was always given when asking for advice about acting was that if I could imagine myself doing anything else, anything else at all, then go do that.
I was getting in my own way. I would quit jobs and step out on hope and faith, and pray to God that I would book something that would allow me to just continue to act.
Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.
Your artistry is a muscle that needs to be exercised, so if all you are doing is auditioning, you'll never get the satisfaction of fulfilling the need to play the part.
Back when people couldn't read, other people would take newspapers and turn them into theater so that people would know what was going on in the world. That is a powerful thing.
I've been performing since I was a child; my mother would have to pull me aside and tell me that I wasn't onstage. I was a cheerleader, president of choir, and in the school play.
I'm at a place where I want to have fun. I want to be challenged. I want to love the people I work with and continue to appreciate being in the position to work and play and explore.
I have a lovely light blue Kate Spade wallet. It has pockets for many credit cards, business cards, health insurance cards, and a Burke Williams card for when I want to go to the spa!
Love is a complicated emotion because you can learn something or hear something that goes against what you have come to know personally. It can be very challenging to what you believe.
I've been trying to eat healthier, but sometimes it doesn't work out when you're sitting in front of the TV drinking wine, and you realize you really need ice cream to go along with it.
As artists, we thrive when we can express our comfort and our discomfort. If a certain scene is really challenging for us, if we're in an environment where we feel safe, we're able to do our work.
Diversity is such an interesting word. I feel like when people hear the word 'diversity,' they think that it means only people of color, when in reality, diversity is all-inclusive; it means everyone.
I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible.
Sometimes as human beings, we're so contradictory - we may say something or do something and completely contradict ourselves. That's what I'm learning to embrace in television - not knowing what's going to happen.
It was a given at UCSB that if there was a role that called for a person of color, it was going to be handed to me. There were certain times when maybe I didn't try as hard. Going to Yale was a way more diverse experience.
I really appreciate that: to walk into an environment where everyone is serious and dedicated to creating the best performance possible and challenging themselves to figure out the most interesting way to approach the work.
TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing.