I Buy What Makes My Heart Sing.

Sometime In My Second Year At Brown [university], I Took An Acting Class. And The Lightbulb Went Off For Me. I Fell In Love With It. I Realized That Everything I Was Afraid Of About Myself, All My Fears, Could Be Used In That World.

My Mom Didn't Adhere To Any Of Those Typical Rules. She Woke Us Up For School Every Morning, And Was There At Dinner Or Would Call At Bedtime. She Never Left For Longer Than A Week. She Recorded While We Were Sleeping.

I Doubted Black-ish , And I'll Tell You Why. Because It Doesn't Matter If A Writer Wrote It For You. He Could've Written It With You In Mind. But Tv Is A Collaborative Art. It Involves Producers, Networks, Studios, And Many People Signing Off On You. And A Lot Of Times There Are Deals In Place - Actors With Studios That They're Looking For Shows For.

Black-ish Is Really A Show About An American Family And These Are Some Of The Topics That Come Up - For All Of Us, In Different Ways - And We Get To See How This Family Is Walking Through It.

Just Embrace Your Hair! I Really Feel Like I Am Not An Advocate For People Doing What I Do. I'm An Advocate For People Discovering And Finding What Works For Them.