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" Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke. "
Friend
Sister
Years
" Anything that controls my state of mind I never really want to do because I always want to be under control. That might be part of me being a Virgo. I never want to do something that stops me from being in control of who I am and my actions. "
Control
Always
I Am
" Anytime you see Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West. Anytime a young black person's doing good, that's motivation for everybody else. Anytime, anytime, it's motivation. Use that fuel to push you forward. That's what I did. "
See
Black
Doing
" As a child actor, you experience a lot of depression and anxiety... Yes, I went through depression, and it was not comfortable. Yes, I struggle with anxiety and being paranoid, trying to figure out who I am. "
Struggle
Depression
Experience
" As you age, you start to realize that your emotions are in your hands and not someone else's. Once you put them in someone else's hands, that's when you give them the power, and you can't change it. Only they can change it. "
Power
Hands
Change
" Broadway was life-changing because it pushes you mentally, physically, emotionally - every way that you can be pushed. It makes you feel like there's nothing you can't do. It's like doing your own stunts. "
Doing
You
Way
" Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think. "
Think
Giving
People
" Corbin Bleu was my first kiss in life. I was 12, and he was, like, my first kiss for TV... It was on the lips! "
Lips
Kiss
Like
" Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time. "
Man
Time
Good
" Even though I'm in the industry and I act and all this stuff, I still suffer from self-esteem issues... from the way that I look or the way that I talk... just nitpicking at myself. "
Look
Self-Esteem
Talk
" Follow your heart's truth with no need for personal gain other than the feeling produced when doing what you truly love. "
You
Feeling
Heart
" Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are. "
Good
Change
Motivational
" Growing up in the industry, sometimes you can feel as if you're not having a normal childhood, but I feel like my parents involved me with a lot of people who made things as 'okay' as they possibly could. "
People
Childhood
Growing Up
" I always try to set a positive example for my generation and promote confidence. "
Generation
Positive
Try
" I believe your reality is what you make it, what you choose to see, and what you choose to allow yourself to do. There are possibilities all around you - magic all around you - no matter what situation you're in. "
Magic
Reality
Yourself
" I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I'm horrible in ballet. I tried. "
Dance
I Can
Jazz
" I can't even tell anyone how it feels when I'm acting, I don't mean to say that I don't have to try. But there's something in my heart that explodes, and I feel like I understand. When I'm acting, I feel like so in control and so centered. This is something that I solely get from acting and music. It's like love itself. "
Love
Acting
Music
" I can't work all day and then go home and hang out with the same people. I don't want everything to revolve around the entertainment business. Yes, that's my career, but it's not my life. "
Life
People
Business
" I decided to not be so dismissive of my music in favor of my acting. Acting has been such a consistent thing for me; a lot of times in the past, I wouldn't have had the confidence with my music to really make it a part of my schedule. I would easily push it to the side, or I would easily take up time that was needed for it. "
Confidence
Me
Music
" I definitely want to play someone who's inspired me. I would love to play Aaliyah; it would be personal because I love her so much. "
Play
Personal
Want
" I didn't come from a lot. I had a lot of love and support from my family, but as far as money and that type of thing, I didn't really have any of that. All I did was follow my dreams. If my fans take anything from me, I hope it would be that. "
Dreams
Family
Money
" I didn't know I was gonna act. I thought I was gonna be a singer because that's what I did first, and I was like, 'When I grow up, I want to be, you know, a singer.' "
Thought
Know
Grow Up
" I don't belong to anyone else but myself. I have to make my own decisions. Happiness is defined by me. "
Me
Myself
My Own
" I don't curl my hair. In fact, I don't know how to. "
Fact
Know
In Fact
" I don't feel the need to define nothin' to nobody, because I'm always changing. Why say that I'm this or that when I might not be tomorrow? I'm gonna follow my own feelings and my own heart. "
Feel
Feelings
Tomorrow
" I don't wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me. "
Me
Greedy
Best
" I feel like I've been known for having long black hair, so when I took all my extensions out and cut my own hair, it was the most freeing thing, I think, I've ever done. That was my 21st year: I cut my hair, I was doing Broadway; I was living in New York, and I was really having a moment of becoming my individual self, and it was amazing. "
Moment
Hair
Amazing
" I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don't have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don't have to be a shrinking violet. "
Like
People
Tell
" If you focus more on the inside, you'll feel just as great about the outside. I feel attractive when I'm doing good and helping people. "
Focus
Great
People
" I grew up in Chicago, but when I was 12, I came to New York because I was doing an episode of 'Law & Order.' "
Law
Chicago
Up
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