Special Guest

Boom. Yo, that's all I could ever want is to be a part of her legacy. So that episode is out. And then coming up next is Mara Brock-Akeel.

Who created Girlfriends, The Game, and Being Mary Jane. I was an assistant on Girlfriends in its last season. Were you really? And Mara's the reason she got me that job working for Gina. She's like, you need an assistant? You should get Lena. And that's how that journey began. And then after Mara, we got Jada Pinkett-Smith. Cool. Okay. Comes to sit down. Pretty cool.

Who created Girlfriends, The Game, and Being Mary Jane. I was an assistant on Girlfriends in its last season. Were you really? And Mara's the reason she got me that job working for Gina. She's like, you need an assistant? You should get Lena. And that's how that journey began. And then after Mara, we got Jada Pinkett-Smith. Cool. Okay. Comes to sit down. Pretty cool.

Who created Girlfriends, The Game, and Being Mary Jane. I was an assistant on Girlfriends in its last season. Were you really? And Mara's the reason she got me that job working for Gina. She's like, you need an assistant? You should get Lena. And that's how that journey began. And then after Mara, we got Jada Pinkett-Smith. Cool. Okay. Comes to sit down. Pretty cool.

You turned the red table around. Okay. Look, look. You know, her legacy had a huge impact on me. Growing up watching Menace to Society. Obviously, she was on A Different World. A Lowdown Dirty Shame. You know, seeing her in Matrix. She did a voice in Madagascar as a hippo. That's right. She's had such a wonderful career. And so we talk about that. And then Jennifer Lewis. Oh, Lord.

You turned the red table around. Okay. Look, look. You know, her legacy had a huge impact on me. Growing up watching Menace to Society. Obviously, she was on A Different World. A Lowdown Dirty Shame. You know, seeing her in Matrix. She did a voice in Madagascar as a hippo. That's right. She's had such a wonderful career. And so we talk about that. And then Jennifer Lewis. Oh, Lord.

You turned the red table around. Okay. Look, look. You know, her legacy had a huge impact on me. Growing up watching Menace to Society. Obviously, she was on A Different World. A Lowdown Dirty Shame. You know, seeing her in Matrix. She did a voice in Madagascar as a hippo. That's right. She's had such a wonderful career. And so we talk about that. And then Jennifer Lewis. Oh, Lord.

Help help raise me. Oh, Lord. Like my mother.

Help help raise me. Oh, Lord. Like my mother.

Help help raise me. Oh, Lord. Like my mother.

Before she was, you know, you know, and she we talk about her glorious career as well, which sounds like what's love got to do with it? And she was also on a different world as Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport. You're on my list.

Before she was, you know, you know, and she we talk about her glorious career as well, which sounds like what's love got to do with it? And she was also on a different world as Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport. You're on my list.

Before she was, you know, you know, and she we talk about her glorious career as well, which sounds like what's love got to do with it? And she was also on a different world as Dean Dorothy Dandridge Davenport. You're on my list.

you know um and uh and obviously returning a really wonderful uh voice performance and uh princess and the frog yeah um and so and then and last but not least uh debbie allen wow who is my north star and she's a lot of people oh everybody everybody she gets mentioned in all these interviews so she's last she's the finale um as she should be uh and so basically i was also a big fan of a show called inside the actor studio oh yeah you see

you know um and uh and obviously returning a really wonderful uh voice performance and uh princess and the frog yeah um and so and then and last but not least uh debbie allen wow who is my north star and she's a lot of people oh everybody everybody she gets mentioned in all these interviews so she's last she's the finale um as she should be uh and so basically i was also a big fan of a show called inside the actor studio oh yeah you see

you know um and uh and obviously returning a really wonderful uh voice performance and uh princess and the frog yeah um and so and then and last but not least uh debbie allen wow who is my north star and she's a lot of people oh everybody everybody she gets mentioned in all these interviews so she's last she's the finale um as she should be uh and so basically i was also a big fan of a show called inside the actor studio oh yeah you see

to come on Bravo. And I learned a lot watching that show because even though I, it's funny because I did not have aspirations of being an actor, but because I had aspirations of being a writer, I was really curious to hear from actors what they were looking for in scripts.

to come on Bravo. And I learned a lot watching that show because even though I, it's funny because I did not have aspirations of being an actor, but because I had aspirations of being a writer, I was really curious to hear from actors what they were looking for in scripts.

to come on Bravo. And I learned a lot watching that show because even though I, it's funny because I did not have aspirations of being an actor, but because I had aspirations of being a writer, I was really curious to hear from actors what they were looking for in scripts.

And so that way, oftentimes, you know, James Lipton would often ask some of the greats, like, what are you looking for when you're trying to pick a project? So my, you know, I'm like 16, 17 watching it. Thinking like, okay, I want to write something that a great actor would want to do or want to play. That's a big reason why I always tell people like Daniel Kaluuya cast himself in Queen of Slim.