I Stay In Tune With My Family

I Know In My Own Marriage I Stayed In It To Provide My Son With What I Thought Was A Stable Background And To Give Him What I Thought Was The Family Life A Child Should Have With Two Parents. But That Isnt Always The Best Way, And It Took Me Taking My Son To Therapy After The Divorce To Really See It.

I Recognize The Amount Of Time That It Takes As A Director. I Made The Choice To Stop Taking Roles Outside Of L.a. Because I Didn't Want To Miss Any Of My Child's Life.

But, Once Again, When I Said I'm So Grateful For My Mom Just Being Adamant About Me Staying In Public School - That Is What Allowed Me To Be Exposed To So Many Different Types Of People. I Went To A High School That Was By The Beach. I Elected To Do Bussing My Junior High School Years. And My First Year Of High School, I Would Take The Bus From My Neighborhood To The Beach Schools. And At Those Schools, You Had Such A Mix Of So Many Types Of Kids.

I've Always Been Selective About Materials I Choose Anyways. The Incoming Calls Haven't Been Projects That I Necessarily Want To Do. Now I Can Always Be Called "emmy Winner Regina King."

"southland" Was Not Written For A Black Woman.