We noticed something about you today that was quite surprising. You’re really silly … in a good way, of course.
Yep, I’m really goofy and silly. Everyone in my life knows that, but I don’t think that the public really knows that I like to have fun. I like to laugh … you know, is life is short, so it’s all about having fun.
Why doesn’t the public know more about this fun, lighthearted side of you?
Because I’m kind of a private person outside of my film and TV work, so people mainly just see me as those characters.
Recently, you’ve opened up a bit more and really gravitated toward Instagram.
Well, this is definitely a new thing for me. I was very resistant to social media at first, and actually just a couple months ago when I was on [The Best Man Holiday] set, I started having fun with it. At first, it was just a creative thing for me, and then I got encouraged by everyone from my agent to the studios, to keep it up. It’s really interesting to me how involved social media can be from a business perspective, so I’m interested in exploring where it can go as it relates to my career.
The way that you communicate with your fans is so different now than when you first started …
It really is. I mean, there was no social media when I first started. There wasn’t Twitter or Facebook. There might have been MySpace, but that was probably it.
Let’s switch gears and discuss the film. Tell us about your character.
Well, I play Robin, who is now married to Take Diggs’ character, Harper, and we have been married for over 10 years now. She’s a chef at a very fabulous restaurant in Harlem, and she’s also nine months pregnant.
