You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.
I'm actual thankful for the amount of responsibility that has been handed to me. I feel very honored.
I grew up in the church.
For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.'
Whether you watch 'Law and Order' all the time or not, everyone knows what it looks like. Everyone knows what the courtroom looks like, what the police precinct looks like.
I'd never played a character as long as I played Poussey. Spending time with her, so much time embodying that character, it was so - and still is and always will be - so special to me and a part of who I am.
