I have a really strong passion for what I do. I don’t see myself doing anything else.
You have to experiment and that's gonna help your confidence so much when you step out and try things.
I don't go to parties even when I'm invited. I've always been an 80-year-old woman inside. I remember going to my first school dance petrified. I just wanted to leave. Like, This is cool, but I'm ready to go home now.
It's so hard for women to be happy for one another, like genuinely happy. Once you find that, you know you've found true SELF happiness.
I think we are in a time where the youth play such a huge role. It's up to us to go the extra mile to vote and raise our voices.
I would say my best decision I ever made was to pursue my dream and give it my all. Thankfully, I have not yet made really bad decisions, I'm the kind of person to play it on the safe side.
With anything, you have to approach from an educational, mature standpoint.
[Diversity] is the future. You can't stop it. It's going where it's going, so I choose to be with the future.
I believe you should wear whatever you feel confident in.
To me, locs are a symbol of strength and beauty, almost like a lion's mane.
My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of color that our hair is good enough.
I want my mom to be able to wear my clothes, I want my older sister to be able to wear my clothes, and the people in my life aren't necessarily built like I am, you know? They're built in a million different beautiful bodies, shapes, and sizes, and so why would I exclude anybody from being able to have it? This is the point.
I'm not living in the past, I don't want to go back - I don't want to "Make America Great Again." No, no, no.
Social Media has now become a part of our culture - you are either a part of it, or you ignore it.
I grew up watching "That's So Raven" and "Lizzie McGuire," and I said to myself that I could do that one day, and here I am. This is a dream come true and I am just ecstatic to be here living out my childhood dreams.
I've always dressed myself, even when I was younger. My parents didn't pick out my clothes or anything. They let me do that, which I think is an important thing because it allows for kids to experiment and figure out what they like, even at a young age.
To me, America is a symbol of all different views, different types of people coming together.
I love to entertain and make people laugh.
I just like to have fun.
I just see me, an ordinary girl. I know my life is not typical, but I have tried to stay really grounded and true to myself. My family really helps me with that.
We have to build the country that we want to see our future children and grandchildren live in.
I was very inspired by working women, and also women who aren't working yet! I want them to have shoes that feel luxurious and special and well-crafted and thought about. But also, they should have shoes that won't break the bank. You don't have to spend three years saving up for beautiful shoes.
I think sometimes there's a lot of subliminal messaging in everything.
I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too.
One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
