00:00Or there may be certain connotations that come with that.
00:02The awareness of that is good to know, but you shouldn't let it affect you.
00:06I mean, I remember coming to California when I was 10 and casting director, literally a black casting director, even said,
00:12okay, just another talented black girl that can sing and dance.
00:15You know, what's important about that?
00:17But my mom told me those things because she wanted me to understand and have that awareness that, yes, people may say that.
00:22These may be the things that they do, but that doesn't affect you.
00:25Their perception of you doesn't have to be your perception of yourself.
00:27So despite, you know, the things that Hollywood may or may not give to me or to someone else, I don't let that affect me.
00:34You know, I create my own lane, my own vehicle for what I want to do and to send the message that I want to send.
00:40Yeah.
00:40What do you say to me?
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