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" I am equally a writer and an actor and a director. "

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" People in L.A. think I'm insane to go back to Chicago during the winter. It's because I love my apartment and fleece leggings and my friends. "

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" Sometimes, when I was the only person of color in a room, you had to defend all the people of color everywhere. "

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