Right.

So they do have a lot of sites though, where you can come on board and, and literally just have someone that is dedicated to the genre that you wanna do.

So people all the time hit me and say, "I wanna be an actor.

How do I get on your show?" And the first thing I say is, "Do your homework and put in the time." 'Cause at the end of the day, I'm not an overnight success.

I didn't just come and just get granted access on a television show or get hand-selected by Tyler Perry for no reason.

It's like I've been doing this for a long time.

I put in my, my, my dues, and that's why I'm able to get to the point where I can be starring on a show and, and, and killing it like that because it's the experience.

Do you th- find that that's a super important thing for any artist to have, is developing that self-confidence?

You

know, if you think of Kerry Washington, when Scandal was out, Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder, there were so many shows that were led by black women, but then it was still, let's say, a cast of white or other people that were there.

But if you think back.

20 years ago, that was not happening.

I mean, you had the Cosby's, you had Family Matters, you had certain shows, but they were on that network and that time slot.

Yeah, the same time on the same channel.

Same channel.

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