Adina Porter

Growing up, I didn't know about the Japanese internment camps until I saw a movie of the week as an adult. I remember going, 'How come that wasn't covered in history class?' Moving to California, you run into people whose grandparents lost everything and their businesses and were put in these internment camps.

I'm a mom... and I'm learning this being a parent, sometimes your child can be such a reflection of who you are. And I have to figure out when it is my ego that dictates how I parent and when it is what I think is best for my child.

One-liners that must land perfectly in just the right nanosecond can be terrifying.

I know what it's like to do whatever you need to do to make sure that your kids are happy and well and succeed.

My kids are resilient, I'm resilient, and I guess I am an optimist.

I used to hate my behind, like every other black girl. I hated my behind. I hated my hair. I hated my nose because no one said it was beautiful.

I'm a working actor, and I'm really appreciative to be a working actor, but it's another level when you're a working actor with the likes of Sarah Paulson and Angela Bassett.

I'm a working actor, and I want to stay a working actor, and I want everybody happy.

I'm very happy to be a working actor.

Monologues are fun.

On slower days, when I was only needed for coverage or reaction shots, the set of 'The Newsroom' was better than therapy. Chris Chalk and I would debate life's dilemmas... until Sam Waterston would chime in and set us both straight.

My life guided me to express my full potential.