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" For me, humor was always my passport into new communities. "
Natasha Rothwell
Humor
Always
Me
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" I'm the biggest nerd. "
Natasha Rothwell
Nerd
Biggest
" I definitely was inspired by drama teachers in high school named Mr. Walsh and Ms. O'Neil, and both of them were very formative in helping me sort of understand theater. But I think my biggest inspiration is that I was a high school drama teacher in real life for four years in the Bronx. "
Natasha Rothwell
Me
School
Think
" When you're a writer, there is a selflessness that has to happen; you have to have equity with how you treat each of the characters and the information you bring into the room. "
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Equity
Information
Treat
" I'm a body positive, fat-loving feminist. That's who I am off-screen. "
Natasha Rothwell
Body
Feminist
I Am
" What I loved about playing Ms. Albright in 'Love, Simon' is that, so often, when we speak of allies in the queer community, we don't really get to see what it means be an active ally. I love that she can step into this world with these kids and be a truth teller. "
Natasha Rothwell
Love
She
Community
" I'm drawn to subversive material and material that speaks to communities and people who tend to be marginalized, and telling those stories in ways that subvert expectations. That's always been fun for me to play and always been fun for me to write. "
Natasha Rothwell
Play
People
Me
" I think it's important to make art for a myriad of reasons. The least of which is that I think laughter is medicinal, and I think there is an escapism aspect - an act of self-care. "
Natasha Rothwell
Important
Think
Act
" I was sort of always the class clown, but I think that was confusing for my teachers because I had the grades to back it up. I would be finished with assignments and goof off, because I'm done. And so, it would be like, 'Oh, she has like a 4.2 GPA, but she's also just like walking around the halls with the hall pass and bothering other students.' "
Natasha Rothwell
Think
Walking
Teachers
" Improv is such a huge part of my background, and a huge part of character discovery is really being inside the character and trying to think through them without the limitations of the script. "
Natasha Rothwell
Character
Discovery
Think
" Luckily, with 'Insecure,' we have really great writers who get it and work hard to give Kelli layers for me to explore as an artist. "
Natasha Rothwell
Great
Me
Work Hard
" As far as the adjectives that I lead with, I think a writer and a comedienne are first. I have never qualified my experience or gender or my race, although I know that's a huge component on how that is used. But I think in order for me to do my job effectively, I have to really be the best at what it is I'm doing. "
Natasha Rothwell
Job
Best
Me
" I remember writing monologues and one-act plays and stuff in high school. I had a project in English that was just a short book of limericks. It was so weird. I enjoyed the challenge and rhyme of it. I was always putting on plays and stuff. "
Natasha Rothwell
Writing
Book
Challenge
" I was obsessed with Carol Burnett, Lily Tomlin; I watched 'Mama's Family' religiously. "
Natasha Rothwell
Lily
Watched
Obsessed
" I feel like theater in high school seems to be sort of like the safe haven for the outsiders and people who don't necessarily fit in. And it was a come-as-you-are sort of class, and it's a come-as-you-are after-school activity. "
Natasha Rothwell
Class
School
People
" In a world where you graduate with a theater degree from college, you gotta find your bread job. You gotta find that job to pay the bills. "
Natasha Rothwell
College
You
Find
" 'Love, Simon' is incredibly dope, but that's one specific experience, and I would love to see more versions of that story being told or other stories that we haven't even seen yet from the LGBTQIA community. "
Natasha Rothwell
Experience
Community
See
" I'm interested in stories being told by marginalized voices and, specifically, people of color. "
Natasha Rothwell
Marginalized
Color
People
" One of the things I pride myself on is that my fan base is progressive, but I don't shy away from people who think differently from me. I welcome productive conversations, but it's important for me to not hide where I stand. "
Natasha Rothwell
Pride
People
Myself
" I'm a military brat, so I moved around a ton. When you're making friends and you're funny, it makes that easier. "
Natasha Rothwell
Funny
Brat
Ton
" My bread and butter is rom-com, and if I had to go back and tell my 15-year-old self watching 'When Harry Met Sally' that one day I would be writing a film in the same genre, I would have freaked out. "
Natasha Rothwell
Writing
Self
Film
" I loved women who weren't afraid to get ugly in their comedy. "
Natasha Rothwell
Women
Comedy
Afraid
" My social media is riddled with me speaking out on stuff that matters because silence is a petri dish for hate. For me, it's important to speak out. "
Natasha Rothwell
Social Media
Hate
Me
" I think it's so important for us to make art and to be loud and to resist with our art. "
Natasha Rothwell
Us
Art
Important
" I've always been kind of precocious, but my journey sort of solidified when I was in college and majored in theater. That's how I knew I wanted to spend my life writing, telling, and performing stories. "
Natasha Rothwell
Life
My Life
Writing
" I think a caricature is different than a character. "
Natasha Rothwell
I Think
Character
Different
" Black women have earned the right to be basic. "
Natasha Rothwell
Basic
Women
Right
" I was constantly trying to make my family laugh and my parents laugh. It's just something that always felt natural to me. And then I learned how to use my powers for good in high school. "
Natasha Rothwell
School
Parents
Good
" I would just take dolls around the house - there's old VHS footage from my dad, who was an early adapter and had this RCA camera - and it's me taking a Michael Jackson Barbie doll and putting on a show with that. "
Natasha Rothwell
Camera
Me
House
" The thing about improv that I really love in scripted television is that it really makes a moment authentic. "
Natasha Rothwell
Moment
Improv
Love
" When someone on screen portrays a character that behaves in a way you don't expect, you're subverting ideas. So if there's a Venn diagram between why people are drawn to the characters I play, it may be that. But I'd like to think that the craft of acting and the choices I make as an actor are drawing people on their own merits. "
Natasha Rothwell
Ideas
Choices
Character