"To be young, Black and successful — and disruptive — in this industry, there’s a certain navigation to get to the pla…"

"My ambition has intersected at this moment where I have the experience and knowledge to direct, the opportunity withi…"

"There are roles that I passed on that I knew I didn’t have enough life experience to play. I was like, ‘What can I pu…"

"When I was younger, I don’t know if I could have handled the onslaught of opinions and being picked apart, and also b…"

"When you walk in my room, you can’t look in one direction without seeing storyboards everywhere. When I’m literally i…"

"I’m always willing to prove myself. When you come from where I come from, and everybody doesn’t get those opportuniti…"

"When you come from where I come from, and everybody doesn’t get those breaks, that luck, you start to question, ‘Why …"

"Growing up on set, in the industry, over 20 years, and starting out doing background work and extra work and just see…"

"I’ve been blessed to work with a lot of incredible directors, and having a lot of guidance and mentors and people tha…"

"My experience being on set, since I was a kid, is having a shorthand with a lot of the crew that have been around thr…"