Susan Kelechi Watson

I actually worked with an organization called Drama Club that works with incarcerated teens and youth in a detention center and in Rikers Island, which a lot of people don't know that teens have been incarcerated in Rikers Island.

PBS was just such an awesome resource for a child's early development. And now I realize Mister Rogers is also an awesome resource for an adult's development because his philosophies are just timeless and are so relevant and are so important and are so simple and just something we can all grasp onto easily.

You always have to keep setting the bar for yourself.

As you build your career, you know where you want to go. I'm definitely moving towards films. That's definitely a goal. I'm definitely going to put it out there.

I personally don't lock in a performance, because I do leave room for things to happen, so I just make sure I'm very intimate with what I'm saying and why I'm saying it so that no matter what happens, we can do whatever we want to do and leave space for play.

It's always really cool as an actor to have a character that people want to see the best for.

Judith Jamison is, like, supreme.

I don't know that I constantly think about being a black woman.

I trained in theater. I loved Los Angeles, but I've found New York to be successful for me.

All I can say is marriage is hard.

You have to practice the life you want regardless of what the circumstances are.

We all need somebody to say, 'I love you. I see you. And I'm not going to give up on you.' Everybody has validity. Everybody has a purpose.