Some Of Us Just Have To Work

Chemistry On Film Is Like Chemistry In Real Life, It's Either There Or It Isn't.

Like The Guy I Was Dating. White, Liberal, Educated. I Went To Meet His Family And I Think That They Probably Didn't Know They Had A Problem With It Until He Walked In With Me. And They Definitely Had Issues. Mom Had Issues With It. Could Not, Didn't Want To See Her Son. And I Don't Think She Had Anything Against Me. But It Was About Her Son Bringing Me Home. And I Felt That For The First Time. I Was Like, 'wow, That's Deep.' It's Really Simple: I Don't Fit Their Picture.

The Inspiration For This Movie [something New] Was This Newsweek Article That Came Out A Couple Of Years Ago That Talks About 42.4 Percent Of Black Women In America Aren't Married. Black Women Are Shooting Up The Corporate Ladder Way Faster Than Our Black Male Counterparts. And (black Men) Are Either Dating Outside Their Race, In Jail Or Dying. And So If You Want To Have A Family, You Want To Be Married, You Have To Look At Other Options.

The Great Thing About The Stage Is That You Have A Structured Month-long Rehearsal Period Where You're Going In Every Day. You Have To Have Lots Of Run-throughs With Theater Because There Are No Second Takes In Front Of A Live Audience.

I Look Forward To Going To Work. Everybody Is At The Top Of Their Game. It Was Like We Just Got To Play.