Musicals are not something I have had vigorous training in. But it’s definitely something that I want to do. I don’t like to be afraid of anything. I don’t want to feel like there’s something that I can’t do. Shalita Grant Read Quote
For most of my career, I’ve known what it’s like to be in the audience and to enjoy what I’m seeing but still have the ambition to say, ‘I can do that, I know I can do that. And I want to do that, and I can’t wait for that to happen.’ Shalita Grant Read Quote
I generally work out every day. If I’m at work, between takes I’ll do push-ups and an ab routine. I’m there for anywhere from 10 to 16 hours a day, so sometimes I can’t work out at my house. I will do sit-ups on the stairs, I work out in the interrogation room. It gets the blood going, and it keeps you up. Shalita Grant Read Quote
When I was in high school, they opened an arts high school. I didn’t read music, and I wasn’t a trained dancer, so I was like, ‘OK, I guess I’ll go into acting.’ I asked my mom if she knew any plays for my audition, and the only one she knew was ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’ Shalita Grant Read Quote
Toward the end of 11th grade, my acting teacher asked me if I was thinking about going to college. I said, ‘Yeah, I think so.’ He said, ‘You should audition to Julliard.’ I was like, ‘What’s that?’ I’m accepted to Julliard, and I realize within the first couple of weeks just how lucky I was to be in the program. Shalita Grant Read Quote
A few years after I graduated, I was doing a play in Boston and was asked to audition for Christophe Durang’s play, ‘Vonya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,’ and I got the part. We were performing in Lincoln Center when, during our weekly meeting with producers, they that said they loved our show and wanted to take us to Broadway. Shalita Grant Read Quote
I don’t have a television in my house. I haven’t owned one in years. In truth, it’s about mental health for me. It’s hard for me to have a television in the house because I’ll just stay inside and binge-watch stuff that I don’t even want to watch. I’ve learned when I don’t have a TV, it forces me to go outside. Shalita Grant Read Quote
I had a couple of producer sessions where I would walk in the room, and the producer would just look at his phone. That’s heartbreaking because it’s so disrespectful. Shalita Grant Read Quote
