When you just come into a show that's already established, you feel that they're family, and they have a way of doing things and running things.

When I looked at 'Dear White People,' you have four African-American students who are all very different and who are trying to figure out who they are. They're dealing with identity issues and crises. That is exciting to me, to see African-American young people on a page, on a screen, who are so diverse and whose stories are all so different.

When I look at material, I get excited by things that are telling the truth because that's what you want to do: tell somebody else's truth.

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