Believe in yourself. Push to your highest limit.
My goal is to show young women and girls that our voices and ideas matter, and you are never too young to dream big!
You don't have to change who you are for anyone: if you are your regular, authentic, confident self, then you can push to do whatever you want.
Even in reality shows, how they look at black women like they're the monsters - snatching wigs, and weaves and wigs, weaves and wigs, basically, and throwing water and stuff. That's how people see us often, as we are the enemies of things. I wanted to change that because that's not a good example.
My parents took a chance and sacrificed their jobs and a big move to California. And they were like, 'Are you sure you want to do this? We're literally packing up this whole house.' And I would always say, 'Yeah.' I'm six years old. And they were like, 'OK, if she wants to do this and this is her passion, then let's do it.'
I just want to keep on creating stuff that people can relate to and inspire anyone who feels like their voice isn't heard; being relatable and being as authentic as possible is the whole goal of my production company.
I don't want to be known as just an actress. I want to be known as an entertainer and entrepreneur.
That's something that I have to work on: Self-confidence and loving myself.
At a very young age, when I was a baby, I used to mimic all of these movies, like 'Dreamgirls' and 'Ray,' the type of movies you wouldn't think a little kid would know. But my parents thought I was great.
I think now I get to create and inspire more young black girls to continue doing what they love and reach for the stars.
My parents would watch movies like 'Big' and 'Freaky Friday,' and I wanted to see that kind of story told from an African-American angle. So I had the idea for 'Little,' and then I told my parents, and we all fleshed it out together.
One of my mom's favorite movies growing up was 'Big' with Tom Hanks. I thought, 'Oh, OK, what if we do something like that but not like that. Something more modern, with a different perspective, and maybe with an all-black cast.'
I feel like fame can get into people's head, and you always hear that child actors are doing this, or parents are making their kids do that. I feel like, since we're kids, we have an imagination where we can do whatever we want at any time and if that it is their passion, they will tell you.
My parents and I always look at movies and just think, 'What's missing?' from the plot to the people of color or diversity in general.
I'm all about showing up for my friends, especially when they need me the most.
I wouldn't do a whole pop album. But I would do a musical.
A lot of people will say different stuff like, 'You can't do it.' They'll say no before I even say anything. You just have to believe in yourself, and there's a reason they might say no, because they probably haven't seen it before.
It's very rare to have an amazing cast who supports you and loves you for anything you do in the future.
Your girl gets a lot of anxiety. It's OK. It's a learning process.
My parents always told me I could do anything, so I never had limits on what I could or couldn't do.
