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" 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. "

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" For me, humor was always my passport into new communities. "

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" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

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Important

People

" I'm interested in stories being told by marginalized voices and, specifically, people of color. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Social Media

Hate

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Great

Work Hard

" I'm the biggest nerd. "

Natasha Rothwell

Nerd

Biggest

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

" 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. "

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Play

People

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

" 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 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. "

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School

Think

" '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. "

" HBO has been incredible and a huge champion of my work, my passions, and has been a great home for my talent, I feel. "

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Art

Important

" 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. "

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Sitting

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Play

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" 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. "

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Camera

House

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