You want to put out good vibes for the viewers, even if so many stories that have to be told and that need to be told have a lot of darkness in them, because the world has a lot of darkness in it.
I've always been kind of a voyeur.
I think valuing what your body can do over how your body looks is the No. 1 advice I would give to young women about how to have healthy body image. It's not, 'Do these pants fit?' It's 'Can I do a split?'
I do care a lot about what I wear, but in a way that is about comfort and practicality, and I always want to look like me.
Viola Davis, Patti Smith, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julianne Moore. I could go on forever listing names. However... my greatest inspirations have, without a doubt, been my teachers, friends, and family.
When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it.
