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" 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. "

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" 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

" 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. "

" I'm not going to run or be silent for fear of keeping a fan base. "

" As a writer, I use improv to write. Exploring characters and stories through improv and sitting at the computer and thinking about what this character would say or do helps me creatively. "

Natasha Rothwell

Thinking

Sitting

" 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. "

" I knew I always wanted to major in theater. "

" I'm a military brat, so I moved around a ton. When you're making friends and you're funny, it makes that easier. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" The thing about improv that I really love in scripted television is that it really makes a moment authentic. "

" I'm the biggest nerd. "

Natasha Rothwell

Nerd

Biggest

" 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. "

" It was really important to me to explore how disparate people are connected. "

Natasha Rothwell

Important

People

" I loved women who weren't afraid to get ugly in their comedy. "

" I was obsessed with Carol Burnett, Lily Tomlin; I watched 'Mama's Family' religiously. "

" I have chosen to never take myself out of the running for roles. I will continue to throw myself into projects that I am passionate about and will continue to create opportunities for myself. "

" I have always gravitated toward levity and my parents; I'm sure they have a VHS tape of me when I'm making jokes and trying to make faces when the family was taking a picture. "

Natasha Rothwell

Parents

Picture

" When I moved to New York, I really wanted to find my bread job as close to my passion as possible. There's nobility in waiting tables. But I really wanted to find a job in the arts, and so I started teaching. "

" 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. "

" 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

House

" One of the biggest things I learned was not to tell myself 'no' before someone else. As someone who's creative, I know the inner critic can be really loud. Early on in my career, I would just listen to it and tell myself 'no.' "

" 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

" I grew up in a funny household, and I love making people laugh. It brings me so much joy. "

" My feet are firmly planted in my political ideology. To me, it's being authentic in every area, and that includes politics. "

Natasha Rothwell

Ideology

Politics

" 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. "

" Teaching theater, I felt very lucky. In a world where there's few options for someone who graduates with a theater degree, trying to figure out how to make rent and pay the bills, I always gravitated towards teaching jobs and things like that. I wanted to stay close to my passion as well. "

" I think it's so important for us to make art and to be loud and to resist with our art. "

Natasha Rothwell

Art

Important

" I'm a body positive, fat-loving feminist. That's who I am off-screen. "

" I don't know if there is an expiration date on diversity. "