Natasha Rothwell Quotes

Natasha Rothwell

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 18, 1980

I've always performed. From the time that I was little, I was pretty precocious and always gravitated toward performing arts. But I was scared at first, deciding to do it for a living. So, initially, I majored in journalism, and I was pretty miserable.

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I think it's so important for us to make art and to be loud and to resist with our art.

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I think once I began to trust myself as a writer, I began to be seen as a writer.

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I think it's important to make art for a myriad of reasons. The least of which is that I think laughter is medicinal, and I think there is an escapism aspect - an act of self-care.

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As a writer, I use improv to write. Exploring characters and stories through improv and sitting at the computer and thinking about what this character would say or do helps me creatively.

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I'm drawn to subversive material and material that speaks to communities and people who tend to be marginalized, and telling those stories in ways that subvert expectations. That's always been fun for me to play and always been fun for me to write.

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I don't know if there is an expiration date on diversity.

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'Love, Simon' is incredibly dope, but that's one specific experience, and I would love to see more versions of that story being told or other stories that we haven't even seen yet from the LGBTQIA community.

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I loved women who weren't afraid to get ugly in their comedy.

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I'm the biggest nerd.

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