"I feel like fame can get into people's head, and you always hear that child actors are doing this, o..." — Marsai Martin

One of my mom's favorite movies growing up was 'Big' with Tom Hanks. I thought, 'Oh, OK, what if we do something like that but not like that. Something more modern, with a different perspective, and maybe with an all-black cast.'

I've always been interested in directing, writing, and producing, so when I went behind the scenes, it was like a whole new world that I got to experience.

I hope that we always have diversity, that we have equality and representation every step of the way.

You don't have to change who you are for anyone: if you are your regular, authentic, confident self, then you can push to do whatever you want.