When I moved to LA, I didn’t have representation. I had been an actor before being here, but it was mostly theatre.  When I went to performing arts high school, I just showed up to the auditions.  I didn’t do any of the legwork. The movies and things that came to the city came to our school looking for us.

When I came here, I was learning from from scratch and not really having that background of having managers, or an agent or any of that stuff. I really had to do a lot of legwork of doing the research, finding the legitimate websites, finding out how to do the headshots right, and doing casting director workshops and finding the right acting class. There’s a lot that goes into before you even book a job; all the stuff that you don’t necessarily love all the time, but all the nuts and bolts that go into making you what you want to be.

I didn’t move to LA to just piss around and be a waiter or go work at the mall. I’d rather spend my time finding the work. Even the Damon Wayans job, I found that on my own which people found really strange. But you just have to have that mentality. I was online from morning until night nonstop. If an audition came, I literally got it within the minute it was posted because I was just so dedicated to it.

That focus and dedication, I consider myself a hustla. Hustla mentality!

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