Quotes from Condola Rashad

I do create songs and play the guitar. But my focus is definitely on acting. I think, if there's going to be singing involved in my career, it would probably be in musical theater.

Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.

You're born with a certain love of something. Music was my first love, and that's the world I work from. Growing up, I was surrounded by artists, so my upbringing supported this lifestyle.

I had a period without acting work, and I took a job as a cocktail server. In 'Stick Fly,' my character has to carry a tray, and I knew how to do it because of the job.

One day I'm not busy at all; the next day I have work for months - that's kind of the way it works!

My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.

If I had seen a black woman play Juliet as a little girl, my idea of my place in the world would have been totally different.