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Its just that you may be seeing a lot more of her in the coming years.
Shes a performer who can do both.
Can you remember the first thing you wrote that was comedic?
I remember writing monologues and one-act plays and stuff in high school.
I had a project in English that was just a short book of limericks.
It was so weird.
I enjoyed the challenge and rhyme of it.
I was always putting on plays and stuff.
I come from a funny family.
We called it Make Me Laugh.
You started doing improv in high school.
So I feel a little bit lucky that I got introduced to long form when I was young.
The base there was long form.
Our shows were also a mix of the two.
What did this material mean to you personally?
I feel really proud of the film and to have been a part of it.
Playing Ms. Albright felt very close to home.
Its important to me.
It made sense to me to play Ms. Albright.
Having gotten to know you throughInsecureandThe Characters, this character also feels to be very much like you.
How much were you able to improvise and put your own touches on the role?
In this case, the script wasnt limiting at all.
Its just a part of my practice.
You were originally a journalism major in college, so how did you end up getting into drama?
It felt like home.
Teaching theater, I felt very lucky.
I wanted to stay close to my passion as well.
It was incredibly difficult.
Wheres the margins at least?!
And they were like No, do what you want.
You have 30 minutes.
What is your dream to do?
What would you say is your secret to creating a great character?
I think youre right.
And I think thats the biggest difference.
To me, the real comedy from characters comes in specificity and the details.
I think thats whyCurb Your Enthusiasmis so funny because its so specific.
Its whyInsecureis so funny its so specific about a specific world and has fully-formed characters.
How much of that is pulled from real life?
Im obsessed with our writers room.
Were very close, and we pull so much of the story from real life.
Thats helped us tell stories.
This is a very specific story that were telling, a very regular story.
Theres something special about that.
Most of the people that come up to me about the show expressing I watch and I love it!
are not always people of color.
So I think that were just feeling that it works regardless of the dress you put on the truth.
