Now I'm Able To Align My Work

I Don't Really Want To Do The Hollywood Thing, I Think You Ought To Try To Say Something With Your Movies.

I Want To Make Activism A Bigger Part Of My Life, While Hopefully Maintaining The Opportunity To Help Out Causes That I Really Care About. And Being An Actor Allows Me To Do That. Shooting A Cisco Commercial Allows Me To Do That. I Mean, Doing All These Things Allows Me To Talk About These Issues. But Don't Think There Aren't Those Moments Where I'm Like, "what Am I Doing? I Have To Quit My Job And Chain Myself To A Tree." Believe Me, I Have Those Moments.

You Have Ideas Planted In Your Head, Thoughts You Never Had Before, That Tell You How You Have To Act, How You Have To Dress And Who You Have To Be. I Have Been Trying To Push Back, To Be Authentic, To Follow My Heart, But It Can Be Hard.

I Feel So Lucky To Have The Opportunity To Make The Show, And That It Is In Alignment With What I'm Interested In, With What I Read About. For Me, It Just Felt Like An Organic Step - Of Course, I'm Thinking I Want A Show That Allows For More Representation For The Community And Shows The Struggles People Face, Especially When We're Hearing All This Political Rhetoric - To Have A Way To Show How Much This Affects People Lives.

Of Course You Have Days That Are Long, You're Tired, And Things Aren't Working Out, And You Can Get Frustrated, But I Would Say Any Of The Things That Make It Less Glamorous Or Cause Some Complexity Or Turn You Down The Road You Weren't Expecting To Go Down Is A Part Of The Thrill.