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I Was Very Shy Growing Up. My Shyness Manifested As A Big Personality, As Opposed To The Wallflower Personality. It's Been A Journey Getting Comfortable In My Skin. I've Worked On Trying To Find The Authentic Balance Between The Bravado Of My Personality That Was Sort Of A Defense And The Truth Within My Bigness.

I Felt Like It Was A Courageous Show [black-ish] From The Beginning. We Are A Black Family - We're Not A Family That Happens To Be Black. But The Show Is Not Even About Us Being Black. The Show Is About Us Being A Family. That Is Groundbreaking - On Tv, The Black Characters Either Happen To Be Black Or They're The "black Character," Where Everything They Say Is About Being Black. I Think That's The Genius.

I Hope They Look At Me And Think, 'that Lady Looks Like She Accepts Herself'.

It Would Drive The Photographers Crazy Because I Would Giggle And Tell Jokes. I Was Gregarious, And Looking Back, I Realize I Had A Captive Audience.

I Am Learning Every Day To Allow The Space Between Where I Am And Where I Want To Be To Inspire Me And Not Terrify Me.