I’m learning there are certain things I have to really keep for myself. Jodie Turner-Smith Read Quote
In America, interracial dating or marriage is not something that is as accepted. Certain people feel strongly against it, in both communities. I felt it from the black community. It is so complicated. I don’t want to give it too much energy. Jodie Turner-Smith Read Quote
I think of L.A. as my home now, in large part because I became the entity that I am in L.A. I always say to people that my coming-of-age happened in L.A., the unraveling of the person I was pretending to be for a long time, and then finding of the person I feel like I now am. Jodie Turner-Smith Read Quote
Even with my family, I feel sort of ‘other.’ I’m the only one of my siblings who wasn’t born in Jamaica. For a long time, I didn’t feel very connected to Jamaican culture, but because I was raised so heavily with that cultural influence, I realized that my inner monologue is a Jamaican woman. Jodie Turner-Smith Read Quote
The racial dynamics over here are fraught. White supremacy is overt. It’s the reason I don’t want to raise my kids here. Jodie Turner-Smith Read Quote
I read the ‘Nightflyers’ novella and knowing that it was something that had been written by George R.R. Martin, knowing how those stories kind of go, I was really curious to see what happened to my character in the source material. Jodie Turner-Smith Read Quote
