I Was Spoiled When I Worked In

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 Never Heard My Mom Say, "not Now, I'm Busy." But I Did Have Extraordinary Experiences That I'm Very Aware Were Extraordinary. I Mean, I Traveled Europe Before I Was 12 Years Old, Had Been To The White House Numerous Times. Andy Warhol Photographed Me; Michael Jackson Called Our House.

One Of The Photographers Was Like, "can You Stop Talking And Try To Look Sexy For A Minute?"

After College, I Shot A Pilot For A Show On Lifetime, Which Was Basically House Of Style For A Tv Lover. I Think I Got Paid $1,500, And I Was Like, "mom, I'm Moving Out! I Made It!" I Did Two Seasons Of That, But I Felt Like A Talking Head And Wanted To Do More.

I Think Television Is Doing A Better Job Than Films In Terms Of Representing People, But Television Is Still Not Diverse.