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Love is still something I'm learning about.
The power of sexual attraction is a real thing.
I don't think I ever sit there and think to kick a wound harder.
I think what inspires me or what keeps me inspired is my curiosity.
I'm from Sacramento, and I have no idea what growing up in a city is like.
Now, everyone has their talents, but working with props is not one of mine.
Women could never beat men physically. So we have to be stronger in other ways.
There's the laws of society and morality and then there's the laws of the heart.
I've always found men to be incredible allies, particularly with their perspective.
While I resonate deeply with my maternal cultural heritage, I identify as American.
I've noticed in the Caribbean culture, the women aren't submissive - they're very fiery.
'Power' is Andy Bean's first television job, ever. Talk about sticking the landing at first go!
You don't actually need confidence or good self-esteem to be successful. You just need to have courage.
We have this idealized romanticism about how love might solve all of our problems, but then it doesn't.
Time seems to slow down after the winter holiday. New York loses all of its winter romance and is just cold.
Everybody has their own agenda, and that makes 'Power' a dark world. There aren't any really clean characters.
Enrique Muricano isn't afraid to try something new, to take risks, to possibly fail, and in turn, set himself apart.
One of the things I love about the character development in 'Power' is Courtney A. Kemp's subversive use of stereotype.
I'm learning how to have a healthy form of love, how to make it lasting rather than just have it be a flash in the pan.
Women are allowed to exist in this very narrow lane, but as soon as you step out of that lane, people want to stone you.
When I was unemployed, I hosted lots of dinner parties. Now I have time to make a pot of soup for the week - if I'm lucky!
I live in Venice, where I can roll out of bed in my pajamas, so I tend to fly under the radar - and I hope that continues.
There's a bizarre comfort and safety in doing your last and most intimate scenes with the actor you've worked most closely.
I am - since I was a child - curious about everything. I like to look at how things work and why people are the way they are.
You can accomplish so many things with a negative outlook and low self-esteem if you just do it over and over and over again.
'Power' is a beast to produce. Everyone behind the scenes brings a thoughtfulness and dauntless work ethic day in and day out.
I love to ask people questions. I want to know everything about them, even things that may be seemingly socially inappropriate.
It's a terrifying feeling when you have to do multiple takes of a tricky scene because the focus puller cant keep a sharp image.
I did commercial fishing in Alaska in college. I was the only girl on a fishing boat. It definitely tested so many aspects of my personality.
As you get older, it's always a process of self-love, learning how to really do that for yourself instead of trying to find it outside yourself.
Professional creativity requires more than inspiration, talent, and discipline - it requires an endurance that few are aware of and even fewer have.
I personally think 'Power' is much more similar to 'The Sopranos' in that it deals with a character who is leading a double life and wants to become legitimate.
I'm mixed race - my dad's Caucasian, and my mom's Mexican - so I want to play anything and everything, from American to Latino, the whole spectrum; I'm insatiable.
I had fallen in love once with someone, and I remember it being so distinct, where after the first time they'd hug me, I never wanted another man to ever touch me ever again.
The U.S. is a rainbow of people with an endless scope of stories. My hope is that writing stories about people of color will become instinctual rather than something to be pushed for.
Death marks our careers as actors - it's often what flings us back into unemployment, the unknown, the insecurity that is the true constant in our profession... and it must be celebrated.
I don't think that the black market's a new thing. It's always been a part of history, and it's been one of the ways that immigrants and disenfranchised people move into the middle class.
One of the wonderful things about 'Power' and why fans often say it makes their heart race is it's set up like a horror film because the audience is, like, four or five steps ahead of the characters.
Shane Johnson and I coincidently went to Whitman College. This is notable because Whitman is teeny-tiny, with only 1,200 students. He graduated the spring before I started, so we didn't know each other.
In the world of 'Power,' no good deed goes unpunished. I don't really look at it as karma in the world of 'Power.' Whenever any character thinks they're on safe ground, they get the world pulled up from under them.
The thing is, if you're going to take the artistic path, you sort of have to make peace with the idea or the possibility that you may never make any money or get any acknowledgment or accolades for what you're doing.
I think the biggest lesson is the common one that gets in the way of most of us as artists - there are these messages in society that if you aren't hitting certain metrics, then you're not successful and you're not valid.
There is a deep camaraderie of insecurity between us actors. You rehash choices you've made among those who are close to you and inevitably bang your head against the wall when you finally figure out the scene... a day after you shot it!
Before 'Power,' I got down to $86 in my bank account. I don't know if I feel successful as much as I feel relieved because for the first time in my life I'm not scared about how I'm going to pay my rent, and I can start to put money away.
Puerto Rican culture is very different from Mexican culture. Part of the Mexican psychology is the idea of being an immigrant or being illegal or being confused with that. That doesn't happen with Puerto Ricans, because you're a commonwealth.
I love evening tuberoses. My mother used to have tuberoses in her garden, and in the summers in Sacramento, it would get really hot and then cool down in the evenings. You'd walk up the driveway, and it made it feel like 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
In an industry still dominated by men, working with a female director on an episode written by a woman, helmed by a female showrunner, all while doing scenes with your screen sister is like getting to see the big five at the wild animal park. It's awesome.
'Power' usually starts principal photography around mid September, and the first table read is always like one big family reunion. The most common comment we hear is how 'well rested' everyone looks... something that can't be said by the end of the season.
I don't feel like I've ever subscribed to the stereotypical notion of success. I've always equated success with having integrity, conducting yourself with compassion and honesty, and following your heart despite whether or not you ever make any money at it.
To get on a show where you're acting day in and day out for many, many hours - 15-16 hours sometimes - it hones your endurance, your ability to memorize, your ability to follow your instincts, because you don't have time to fret about your choices afterward.