"We all have our family issues from time to time." — Aja Naomi King

I saw 'Birth' at the Sundance Film Festival with a thousand other strangers, and I couldn't believe that was me in the film. I didn't recognize myself.

There are people who do what they believe is right, but as they say, 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions.'

I'm a little bit of a control freak, so it's been nice to learn to let go and just trust others.

My hair routine is to let someone else do it.

I really care about people, and I would need someone to also genuinely value other human beings and want to be connected with people in the world and to know about other cultures. That might not be a high standard for someone else, but for me, it's really important to try and stick to that.

TV is such a great medium in what it can do in terms of enlightening an audience. We can really inspire and teach people about other people. That's a powerful tool, and that's something that the arts has always been capable of doing.

I thought I was going to be on Broadway. I thought, 'I'm going to do theater.'

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We all have our family issues from time to time.