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• ‟ The thing about tarot - maybe this to me is the difference between it and working with a psychic - to me it's clarifying the things that you already know. I don't feel like any tarot reading I've done or received was particularly surprising. They always speak to things that you kind of felt already.

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• ‟ My mom put me into a performing arts elementary school back in Cincinnati, so I started studying acting in school when I was seven.

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• ‟ It's not lost on me to have the ability to be wearing custom Dior or Gucci, with my box braids or my bantu knots. It's another opportunity to show that Black girls belong in these places and that what I naturally bring as a Black girl belongs as well.

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• ‟ Will Smith is my favorite actor, because he has so much variety in his career. He's done all types of roles, played in all types of worlds, and to me, that's the fun of acting. That's why I started doing it when I was eight years old, because you get to be whatever you want.

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• ‟ It's not about opening a door and shutting it right behind you. I want to keep it open so others can come behind me.

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• ‟ I'm very grateful that 'Beale Street' was that opportunity for me to be introduced to the industry in that way and have some doors open for me.

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• ‟ I'm a huge fan of 'The Avengers,' but 'Black Panther' was so special to me.

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• ‟ It's important for me to not just do the same type of roles and movies that I've seen actresses that look like me do.

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• ‟ The only thing I'm sure of is that I want to keep doing work that speaks to me.

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• ‟ I'm committed to jumping into roles, worlds, and stories that historically actors who look like me have been left out of.

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• ‟ When you're a Black actress, the box that we often get put in is so small. And me being a dark-skinned Black actress, the opportunities become so limited in a way that is just wrong. It's not fair. I'm so capable of playing a wide variety of roles. It comes down to whether or not I'm given the opportunity to do it.

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• ‟ What does it mean when I wear something that makes me look like a Disney Princess? Versus something that's like 'ooh, maybe Kiki Layne can be a sex symbol.' Because these are things that, sometimes dark skin actors with natural hair, we don't get put into those types of conversations.

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• ‟ To me Kate Spade represents a woman who still has stuff to get done. She's like, 'yeah I'm stylish but I need to be comfortable and able to move.' I'm excited to be a part of a brand that's meaningful to women in that way.

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• ‟ I want to push the boundaries on the roles that have historically been given to actresses who look like me. There is so much more we can do. There always has been.

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• ‟ Fashion is another opportunity for me to break through boundaries and to be seen wearing things.

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• ‟ I know for me personally, I'm a person that tends to pull back from the people that love me when I'm going through something.

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