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" People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.' "

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" I never thought I would actually become a professional actor. I just kept going with it. One thing led to another. "

" Even though 'Spider-Man' is a huge blockbuster, it really didn't feel like that. It felt like we were making this weird, funny high school movie. Like just hanging out with a group of friends. "

" People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production. "

" My dad works in insurance; my mom is a speech pathologist. Very Midwestern, adorable childhood. "

" I come from a family of strong women, who have been positive role models for me. "

" I am a black woman, and of course, that's who I'm going to be playing, but I'm also biracial, and that's a different side of the experience. "

" I stopped modeling so I could go to drama school at the William Esper Studio. It's Meisner. "

" We all know what it's like to go through growing pains and have awkward moments talking to someone you have a crush on. "

" For me, it's all about smaller character-driven pieces, about finding a person that I connect with and that I'm interested in bringing to life. "

" I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world. "

" I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated. "

" I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth. "

" The media is controlled. "

" Viola Davis is incredible - she's kind of the biggest career-wise inspiration for me. Brilliant actor, so intelligent, so strong. The path that she's made is incredible. "

" I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs. "

" It's hard to connect to these superheroes that are completely out of this world. But Spider-Man is first and foremost Peter Parker, who we can all relate to. "

" If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control. "

" I kind of just want to look like a cool French girl in the Sixties most of the time. Or TLC. "

" I just hope I can still take the subway, honestly. "

" I'm learning every day. "

" I've been obsessed with Opening Ceremony since I moved to New York. I've spent whole paychecks there. "

" I listen to a lot of Solange. I love old-school as well. "

" Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine. "

" In high school, my mom's friend was a location scout, and there was a shoot at our house. I came home from school, and the photographer said, 'You should call my friend at this agency.' "

" It's natural to get nervous about anything you care about. "