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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 Can Work Inside The Boundaries Of Erika Murphy, Or Whoever The Character Is. It's Fun To Create Somebody That's Not You, That Doesn't Exist.

I Love My City And I Feel Like The Majority Of The People That Are In The City Are People From Other Cities. So I Think That L.a. Sometimes Might Get A Bad Rap Because It's Known To Be So Hollywood-oriented And Then Underneath That You Have Crime. But That's Really The Case In Pretty Much Any Major City That You Go To.

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."