If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.
— Debra Wilson
I hated stand-up.
When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act.
We always performed for our church, but we also just performed whenever the family got together.
And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.
Voice is my instrument.
It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.
I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now.
I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.
Watched Star Wars in 77 and that's when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.
Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.
My family is very theatrical.
My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.
I have to approach my life in this way so I can do what I need to do, and do it very well.
People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves.
There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.
So many comics have such low self-esteem.
I got an early education from television.
I was a shy little girl, nothing like what I am now.
Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.
I've played piano and guitar when I was younger.
My driving force is spirituality.
I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.
This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.
