Theater actually took time to pique my interest. It just wasn’t a part of my upbringing. I don’t have anyone in the arts in my family. I wasn’t brought up particularly cultured. It was always TV and film for me. Betty Gabriel Read Quote
Honestly, I had a very realistic, probably pessimistic outlook at the beginning of my career post-graduation of drama school. In general, I would see black women, usually older, playing a certain archetype on procedural shows. I thought, ‘Okay, that’s what I have to look forward to.’ Betty Gabriel Read Quote
I would love to play, perhaps not exactly Mimi in ‘Rent,’ but someone like her. Perhaps not on Broadway, but I think I feel like a musical is in my future. I sing, although I’m not Whitney Houston up in here. I’m a little bit shy about my singing, but I did it in school at Juilliard. Betty Gabriel Read Quote
I find the horror genre quite challenging. That’s not to say everything I’ve done has been straight horror – a lot of them have been more on the thriller side. But regardless, I find it the most challenging as an actor to create sheer anxiety and terror out of nowhere because there’s nothing scary going on and you have to act like it is. Betty Gabriel Read Quote
I think that as kids we all picture ourselves as the princess, the prince, and not really ever as the housekeeper or the comical alpaca or llama or what have you – the sidekick. But as an adult, I’m such a huge fan of people who are funny and people who are, in very brief moments, able to do something that you would never think is possible. Betty Gabriel Read Quote
