Khandi Alexander Quotes

So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one would see me for anything else. I knew, in order to open up my career, I had to leave or that’s all I would ever be given.

I said, ‘I’ll give myself two years. If I can’t support myself as an actress within two years, then I’ll go back to choreography.’

I don’t like to be pigeonholed; I don’t like when people won’t see me for something because they don’t think I can do it. I always feel like, at least give me the shot.