It's Very Challenging To Learn Something New

It's Very Challenging To Learn Something New As An Adult.

Sometimes I Look At Where We've Come To, And How Much Technology And Advancement There Is, And I Can't Believe That We're Not This Perfectly Balanced, Beautiful, Peaceful Society. I'm Shocked That We're So Deeply Polarized, That There Are People Who Want Progress And They Feel Guilty For Wanting Progress, Because It Somehow Seems Un-american, Because Being American Means Staying Ignorant And Going Backward.

Sure, Being Good At Your Job Is Really Important, But In Acting, So Much Of The Decision's Already Made The Minute You Walk In The Room Because They're Like, 'his Hair's Good Or She's Got The Right Skin Color' Or Whatever. It's So Random, But It's So Physically Oriented.

There Was A Time When I Let Go Of The Reins And Thought, What's Meant To Happen Will Happen. That's Probably One Of My Biggest Faults As A Person, And Something That I've Had To Work Really Hard On: Believing In This Idea That The Universe Will Decide For Me. The Universe Is Not Going To Decide In Your Favor.

My Mother And I Are More Than Best Friends; We Are Partners In Crime. After She And My Father, Quincy Jones, Separated When I Was 10 Years Old, My Sister, Kidada, Who Was 12, Went To Live With Our Dad, And I Stayed With My Mother.