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" My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater. "

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" I hate when books are written from the wrong perspective; when they're written by adults for tweenagers. Like, do you truly remember what it's like to be 12? No, not really. "

" Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them. "

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" Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate. "

" When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went to was primarily Caucasian, there wasn't anyone who had my hair texture. I remember one day I straightened my hair, and that was the first day that people gave me compliments on it. "

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" As I've gotten older, I've realized my true models are my parents. My mom is like a sheroe. My dad is so strong. "

" I didn't like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, 'You should just be happy with it - they haven't had a black girl on the cover since forever.' She's no longer my publicist. "

" I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture. "

" There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity? "

" My first part in a play was one of the witches in 'Macbeth.' "

" My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it. "

" I've had a lot of voices tell me what I should be making. Personally, I would much rather live and die by my own hand. If my stuff sucks, then at least I made it suck. I didn't allow some person, some old dude in a suit, to make it suck for me. "

" I think, more than anything else, my dog's death has made me grow up. I find myself thinking about the world in a more serious way. "

" If I'm going to portray one of my idols and someone I feel... so strongly about, it has to be done right, and it has to be done 120 percent. "

" I realized that if I don't like something, I can change it. If I don't feel comfortable with something, then I have a voice to say it's not cool. "

" Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it. "

" It's important to raise your voice in things you feel passionate about and things that you know about. Don't raise your voice just to raise your voice if you have nothing behind it and don't know what you're talking about. "

" I have a phone obsession. It's really hard on set sometimes because I'll be checking Instagram, and then I have to remember, 'Oh, crap, I have to shoot a scene or rehearse.' Every now and then, I have to turn it off and live my life. "

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" As an artist, you have to work really, really hard because you gotta make something that will allow people to even take the chance to even listen to it, you know? "

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