Debra Wilson
Why fight things that are so huge you can't change them no matter what? Why waste that energy? I don't have the time for that.
When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act.
What's so interesting is that the Aborigine language is all handed down from generation to generation - it's not a written language.
We've done lots of musical parodies for MadTV.
We always performed for our church, but we also just performed whenever the family got together.
Watched Star Wars in 77 and that's when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.
Voice is my instrument.
This is first an ego-driven industry, then a money-driven industry. Don't let anybody tell you different.
This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.
They get the work, the Vanessa Williams' and Robin Givens', not the traditional, kinky-haired type like me.
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.
Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.
People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves.
One of the oldest memories I have is Jonny Quest and Mannix. Loved the jazzy music on Jonny Quest.
My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.
My family is very theatrical.
My driving force is spirituality.
Just generation after generation of people singing and performing and all that artistic and creative outflow had to go somewhere.
It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.