Hi. Sharing a testimony.
Today is my birthday. On today, I filmed my first scene for a movie AND my network tv show got picked up to series on CBS!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Ok, quick story about this shoot: when I arrived to set it was explained that Nala and Thug Yoda were gonna be outside The Dunes. The director for this unit (and series editor) Mark Sadlek was like “what do you wanna do?” and I said “what everyone does here…” and boom. Scene📸
HYPE af.
#Emmys
Best Comedy Series
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Best Casting For A Comedy Series
Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Single-Camera Editing For A Comedy Series
Outstanding Music Supervision
I was getting iPads thrown at me at the Apple Store. I worked at the Genius Bar doing repairs and shit. I directed music videos on my time off. In 2019 I directed an episode of Insecure...so like yeah wow lol....still processing.
Issa Rae is a brown-skinned Black woman who got a show about Professional Black people and Nathan on HBO. The PREMIERE cable network! HBO! That Girl! The Big Dog! Not to mention, how many people did she put on?!
BTS: Talking to myself in my trailer/dressing room. I like to come up with some extra “improvised” lines for Thug Yoda just in case.
#InsecureHBO
#ThugYoda
During my convo with
@ForAllNerds
I realized that today is my 4-year Insecureversary. May 11, 2016 was the day I shot my first scenes for
#InsecureHBO
. It’s also my birthday eve ♉️
#ThugYoda
Will Smith’s feelings about disappointing people being his central trauma is exactly how I feel about being a disappointment. It’s a heavy psychological burden, man…
Cleaning and I have So help me Todd playing in the background. Boyyyyy I did not recognize
@TristenJWinger
with that bare ass face. Also can we discuss RANGE
I was a teenager and I had just moved to a city called Inglewood. I met this girl who I instantly fell for and ended up fighting her brother, he was in a gang. She respected me after I stood up for myself and the rest is history.