“Never let anyone try and make you into something that you’re not. Remember what it is that you want, and always stay strong in that.”

I’d love to work with Michelle Williams. I think that she’s incredible. She’s such a great actress and I love her.

I’ve never had a treehouse because I live in New York City.

It’s never really fun to have to cry in a scene, or anything like that. I just try to put myself in the characters position, and that helps. It’s never really fun, but at the same time

It would be a little bit hard to fit a treehouse in a New York City apartment.

I’m from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want.

My mom didn’t ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!

I have a really great family, and when Im not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff.

I don’t really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives

My phone is always in front of me, 24/7.

I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.

I made my first movie when I was five.

I’ve always been a huge fan of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies.

What’s my favourite food? One you order out.

I like to have sleepovers.

A lot of the time I’m working with people who are older than me.

If you’re having a really bad day, it’s a great way to get out all of your frustration by doing a really angry or sad scene. That’s always a good release.

Even if it’s something so simple as filling myself up with uplifting meditation so it’s easier to spread kindness and love by the time I walk out my door and enter the world.

It’s something that I don’t want to lose. I like being unnoticed when I don’t feel like being noticed.

I was in school – I was a good learner; if I wanted to get something done, I could get it done.

I always loved beauty and accessories, and it’s always something I was passionate about.

If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it.

I do everything I can on a daily basis just so I can have something to give back to the world.

My family has always had Cape Verdean pride but I don’t think it was something the kids in the family necessarily understood.

I figure if I take my children’s work seriously, maybe they will too. And it reinforces the idea that art is not something alien and esoteric. Anyone can make art.