I actually worked with an organization called Drama Club that works with incarcerated teens and youth in a detention center and in Rikers Island, which a lot of people don’t know that teens have been incarcerated in Rikers Island. Susan Kelechi Watson Read Quote
I personally don’t lock in a performance, because I do leave room for things to happen, so I just make sure I’m very intimate with what I’m saying and why I’m saying it so that no matter what happens, we can do whatever we want to do and leave space for play. Susan Kelechi Watson Read Quote
I’ve trained in dance for most of my life, but ballet was the thing I left behind the earliest because they felt like I didn’t have the right body for it, and I didn’t like that and never felt like I could be a part of that dance structure. Susan Kelechi Watson Read Quote
So many people want to be seen not just as a mom or a wife, but they want to be seen wholly. Susan Kelechi Watson Read Quote
As a kid, you’re so at the mercy of the people around you, the people raising you, your environment. Susan Kelechi Watson Read Quote
It’s always really cool as an actor to have a character that people want to see the best for. Susan Kelechi Watson Read Quote
We all need somebody to say, ‘I love you. I see you. And I’m not going to give up on you.’ Everybody has validity. Everybody has a purpose. Susan Kelechi Watson Read Quote
