I grew up in a very suburban neighborhood, so I was used to everything being safe and lovely.

- Aja Naomi King

There is a voice inside of my head that is trying to convince me that I'm not good enough and that I don't deserve to be here in Hollywood. So courag…

- Aja Naomi King

Sometimes as human beings, we're so contradictory - we may say something or do something and completely contradict ourselves. That's what I'm learnin…

- Aja Naomi King

When the doors to television were opened to me, that was quite a surprise. It's been such a gift that there was so much TV and independent film happe…

- Aja Naomi King

When you do a play, you have all this time to rehearse and grow into the character. In television, even though you're waiting and waiting and waiting…

- Aja Naomi King

If you're doing an indie and you have time, sometimes you can do take after take after take, but if you're working in television on that filming sche…

- Aja Naomi King

Being on a show with a female lead is amazing for me. I love that. I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or an…

- Aja Naomi King