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" Even though 'Spider-Man' is a huge blockbuster, it really didn't feel like that. It felt like we were making this weird, funny high school movie. Like just hanging out with a group of friends. "
School
Friends
Funny
" For me, it's all about smaller character-driven pieces, about finding a person that I connect with and that I'm interested in bringing to life. "
Person
Me
Life
" Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine. "
Up
Growing
Growing Up
" I am a black woman, and of course, that's who I'm going to be playing, but I'm also biracial, and that's a different side of the experience. "
Side
Black
Woman
" I come from a family of strong women, who have been positive role models for me. "
Women
Strong
Positive
" I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs. "
Legs
Your
Good
" If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control. "
Eyes
Control
Myself
" I just hope I can still take the subway, honestly. "
I Can
Still
Take
" I kind of just want to look like a cool French girl in the Sixties most of the time. Or TLC. "
Cool
Look
Kind
" I listen to a lot of Solange. I love old-school as well. "
Love
I Love
Well
" I'm learning every day. "
Every
Every Day
Day
" I never thought I would actually become a professional actor. I just kept going with it. One thing led to another. "
Thought
Never
Actor
" In high school, my mom's friend was a location scout, and there was a shoot at our house. I came home from school, and the photographer said, 'You should call my friend at this agency.' "
Home
School
Mom
" I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world. "
Rest
Connect
Ideas
" I stopped modeling so I could go to drama school at the William Esper Studio. It's Meisner. "
Modeling
Studio
School
" I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth. "
Easy
Earth
You
" I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated. "
Broadway
Weird
Thought
" It's hard to connect to these superheroes that are completely out of this world. But Spider-Man is first and foremost Peter Parker, who we can all relate to. "
Hard
Out
First
" It's natural to get nervous about anything you care about. "
You
Anything
Care
" I've been obsessed with Opening Ceremony since I moved to New York. I've spent whole paychecks there. "
Been
New York
Obsessed
" I was a dramatic kid. I was always like, 'Watch me put on my play, Mom and Dad! You have to watch me put on all these outfits and do this play!' But my family is very academic and straightforward and normal Midwestern people, so the idea that I could act as an actual job wasn't really there. "
Mom
People
You
" My dad works in insurance; my mom is a speech pathologist. Very Midwestern, adorable childhood. "
Childhood
Insurance
Mom
" People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.' "
Growing Up
Growing
You
" People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production. "
Women
Two
People
" The media is controlled. "
Media
Controlled
" Viola Davis is incredible - she's kind of the biggest career-wise inspiration for me. Brilliant actor, so intelligent, so strong. The path that she's made is incredible. "
She
Strong
Intelligent
" We all know what it's like to go through growing pains and have awkward moments talking to someone you have a crush on. "
Growing
Go
Talking
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