Occupation: Actress Birth: January 31, 1977
Voting for [Donald] Trump Is Voting Against Ourselves..
Sometimes it's hard for me to tell the difference between independent filmmaking and studio filmmaking because all the studios have these little inde….
I can be in a little bit of a state of overwhelm and panic if I don't start out being connected to grace and gratitude..
I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act even if people don't think I am sexy enou….
I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the lab cooking up the character..
Because having your story told as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian, as a trans person, or as any member of any disenfranchised community, ….
I think my first big heartbreak made me more compassionate about other people's heartaches. It enabled me to feel more for others when they are in mo….
I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled wit….
Making the unbelievable believable is different on a set with 'Fantastic Four,' where it's like, 'Wind machines! Because the airship is coming in and….
There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work..
There are so many untold stories when it comes to great women of color..
I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school and that single sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women an….
Art curates compassion. Art to me breaks down walls and allows us to step into somebody else's shoes..
When somebody shows up at your job and jeopardizes your job, yelling and screaming, that's financial abuse. It threatens your ability to take care of….
Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support….
I think everything in life happens for a reason. I always think there's room for me to improve as a person..
My understanding of Twitter was that it was a bunch of famous people telling you when they're going to the bathroom. And, that was not something I wa….
I just want [my daughter Isabelle] to know that she's heard. Really heard, because I feel like that is what we all really want. When I think about an….
My deepest desire is to create a world where there's room for all of us, where no matter who you are, you get to wake up in the morning and know that….
From what I've been told, the scariest part of being part of a domestic abuse relationship is the idea that you cannot escape and you cannot get help….
I'd figure out ways to use role-playing in the healing of people..