American - Actor | December 27, 1981 -
I'm not a believer in 'what you don't know won't hurt you,' unless it's innocent.
Jay Ellis
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I worked for a smoothie company, and that was rough. I also sold women's shoes for a very long time. That was super rough.
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My dad was in the service, so I went to 12 schools in 13 years.
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I like to be fulfilled in telling stories and in creating, but I'm just a curious person.
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I love to study people and pick apart what makes a person or character who they are. I never want to get complacent in that.
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Young women who come to Rise every weekend range from ages 15-19 years if they're in school and 19-24 years if they're out of school. These empowered young women talk about protecting themselves, their friends and communities and how they can educate people to help break the stigma surrounding AIDS.
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I want to create this pool of talent to draw from, and I hope that people get inspired to make more web series and bring them to me to help develop.
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I had a journalist slap me, and it wasn't anyone that I had ever met before. I was at the airport.
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I read the script first to get the perspective on the whole story, the writing, and how the character I'm auditioning for is talked about by other people or relates to other people; from there, I go into the sides.
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I run the material, always with two people, sometimes three. We all see things so differently, so to get a couple of people's perspectives on what I'm doing and the material itself is insanely helpful for honing in on what to take into the audition room.
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Agents run a business, and their business is their talent; some are more general and broad and can rep a little bit of everything; some are more niche. You have to be specific with who you approach and how.
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I auditioned for Lamorne Morris' part, Winston, on 'New Girl.' In the scene, the character was eating a mayonnaise sandwich. I thought, 'Nobody else is going to go into the audition eating, and this is how I'm gonna set myself apart.'
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