I realized that once I graduated from college, there might be a period of time where people might typecast me or be more limiting, and I might not be able to play a crazy character. For me, it was important to do that at least in school.
My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.
If I had seen a black woman play Juliet as a little girl, my idea of my place in the world would have been totally different.
My thing is that if you don't really connect to something or see that it's going to be something you're going to be proud of, I wouldn't do it.
I wanted to become an actor and I knew that if I was really going to do it, I needed the training. I was not one of those people that was like, "I got it." I was like, "No, I don't have it yet. I need work. I need help fixing myself."
I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.