00:00No, this isn't pampered. This is work. This is what we do. And it is, it's part of the job.
00:06You have a great glam team. And as you can see, we've got Chante on the nails. We've got Myla
00:13here doing the makeup. We've got Morea and Christine on the hair. We've got the styling.
00:20We've got all the stylists. My daughter was styling me up until this point and is still
00:25putting the vision together. We've got Eche in the back with the gown. So this is all work.
00:32None of it is play.
00:39The excitement for me is beyond what you can imagine. I'm very happy. You know, it's, it's
00:46very interesting. It's not only my first Emmy nomination, it's my first invitation to the
00:52Emmys. My first time participating in the Emmys and doing it as a nominee is great. So I'm having
01:00the best time. You know something? I haven't so much written an acceptance speech, but I'm
01:06sure it'll be partly something that I have been preparing since I was a little girl, a little
01:12girl watching Tinkerbell swirl around that steeple. And these movies would come on on Sunday night
01:19and I would be transported into a place of dreams come true. You know, when you wish upon a star and
01:26all of that. And I believed all of it. So it just feels like my husband did say that to me yesterday.
01:34He said, you are living your dreams come true. And I said, yeah. And it's such a great, great feeling.
01:40One designer sent the same sketch to my cast member and me. And she just happened to be
01:47looking over my shoulder and said, that's what I'm wearing to the Emmys. And I was like, uh-huh.
01:53So you pivoted your look. Oh, did we pivot with such drastic shift between Jamie and Coco and calling
02:02Roberto, who worked with me on styling the cut, and then him calling somebody very special.
02:10In fact, somebody who's known for bags and not ready to wear at all. And that young artist came through
02:17in an amazing way. For us, I guess, I have to say, between Morea and my daughter, they had a vision.
02:26It was not my vision, but it was their vision. It was important to definitely have natural hair
02:33out, you know, my own hair. I had this dream about a wig slipping off. And I was just like,
02:39you know what, since I have hair, let's just use the natural hair. We want nothing dropping
02:45off of the head. So, ladies, what was the inspiration for the hair?
02:52Girl.
02:53It's a little sparkle with your favorite color.
02:55Bling is my favorite color. You got that right. Thank you. And the dress has to be
03:00supporting, just like me, as an actress. I love the accent color. I love the accent color.
03:07I love, um, I love that it's going to give what should be effortless glamour, style-less glamour,
03:17classic, evergreen. I like the fact that when I look at my closet, there's some things that
03:24I have from 10, 15, 20 years ago that if I put them on right now, they'd still be creating
03:31a style of their own. And it would be good. It would be timeless. So, I, I like that.
03:37Put in the work, darlings. Do the work. You know, make the effort to be your best artist. You know?
03:48Some people said, you know, well, this should have happened this, this time, that time, blah, blah, blah.
03:53No, no, no, no, no. Relax. Be open to the will of God and Goddess. And know that all things come
04:00in time. But it's really up to you to do the work. A lot of people don't do the work. They think,
04:08I'll just roll out of bed. Then, you know what, that might be good enough. But, as my immigrant
04:13mother would say, good, better, best. Never let it rest. Till your good is better and your better best.
04:19Pace yourself. Pace yourself. Work hard to achieve balance. For me, I wasn't going to
04:26be happy just being a successful actress, just a working actress. I wanted to be a mother.
04:31I wanted to be somebody's wife. I wanted to be able to have the kind of impact on my community
04:39that other young people could look at and say, oh, I can do these things on my terms. I don't
04:45have to cheat myself or do this just because people say, this is what I have to do. I can
04:51hold on to my own voice and still rise to the occasion of my own life. You know, you and the
04:58aspect of everything you do is very important. How do you respect you? How do you love you?
05:03How do you show up for your family, for your people? How do you show up for yourself? All
05:08of that is very important. And I wanted young folks to know, look, I did it under some difficult
05:15situations. You all have Google. You all have everything that's going to make it much easier.
05:22You have 3D models to build the cornerstone and instead of having to work and shape yourself
05:27to be the cornerstone, you know, you can now make the cornerstone, you know, be the creator
05:33of the cornerstone and there's nothing you can't do. But you've got to put that work
05:39in. And legacy is important. Family needs legacy. Kids need legacy. Community needs legacy. People
05:47need legacy. They need to know that there's more in life than sometimes just suffering.
05:53The winner is just the cherry on the cake and it is a very beautiful, well-baked cake. And
05:59it is the flavor that I would choose. It is even the frosting that I would choose. And
06:03I don't like a whole lot of frosting, but we've got the cherry on the cake. But this group of
06:11people, this group of nominees, we're all winners. That is, it's a winning season. All of these young
06:19women, these young actresses that I am in this category with, we've already won. And life has changed
06:28in so many ways for us all in just a few weeks. And I'm loving it.
06:34To anyone who has ever, ever had a dream and thought your dream wasn't, wouldn't, couldn't
06:45come true. I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like. This is what striving
06:54looks like. And don't you ever, ever give up on you.
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