I was like, 'What is this?' Until I found out it was stress related. That's how I internalized it. I don't do that anymore. My favorite saying in the world is, 'The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.' I am telling you, I have spent so much of my life not feeling comfortable in my skin. I am just so not there anymore.

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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.

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At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.

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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.

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It would be great to bust through and make history. But what's more important is the opportunity to continue to get roles that are complicated and wonderful, to be a part of the narrative and to get to do what our counterparts are able to do. It doesn't just stop at holding an award.

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I don't have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn't love me has to say about me.

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They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too.

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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.

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Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person's capacity to love and communicate and forgive can be bigger than anything else.

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All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.

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