Broadway is really, really hard.
On days I'm not working, I don't wear a ton of other makeup, but if I have to look like I care, I'll use this By Terry Ombre Blackstar eye shadow stick in Frozen Quartz and Eyeko mascara.
I used to want to look like every European person that was being held up as a standard of beauty, whether in the industry or in life. Then I just realized that it's not in my genetic make-up. I decided instead to go for the gold in whatever I'm doing and just be as healthy as I can be.
Women put ourselves through so much. Really, everybody does; it's not a gendered thing. I think all of us are always gonna be tortured by some sense of inadequacy, no matter what. I don't know if there's a way to tell people not do this to themselves.
There is a struggle when you do represent so many countries within you, but that makes you who you are.
I'm an actress who likes to work as much as possible, so I'm very grateful for all these opportunities.
Music was always a part of my life.
It takes a damn village to get a show on Broadway!
Stevie Wonder was a big influence in my life.
We all have fears! Don't lie! We all have fears.
If anybody says they're not afraid of themselves, they're lying!
There's always doubt and fear. If you're a human being, everybody's got it.
I've always been afraid of who I am and not knowing what I can do.
I've always been the biggest bully to myself.
There were pockets of this career - whatever you want to call it - where I said, 'I've tapped out. I don't want to do this. I'm gonna go be a stage hand. I don't want to do this. I don't want to talk to people. I'm afraid of people. I'm going to walk away from everything that this was and is.'
As a human being, you find a way to survive, moment by moment, every single day of your life.
I used to be a pop singer; well, not used to be. I am an R&B singer. My emphasis was on Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin.
Musically, I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim, and I love, love 'Sweeney Todd.'
I love people that go the distance. I hate things that are lukewarm. They've got to be one way or the other and go all the way.
Sometimes I get frustrated with my own self because I'm such a perfectionist.
