would i want to be a secretary? and she said, "the world needs good secretaries." and ijust, in that moment with that careers teacher, ijust thought, you don't know me, you don't get me and how dare you? i couldn't say any of that and i didn't know how to articulate any of that, but that was the fire in me that said, you have no expectation of me and my ambition and what i want and i am going to show you. and i think that was it. from that moment, i have never taken no for an answer and i keep pushing and i still push. you know, i could have a much easier life if ijust went to america and directed the scripts that i get sent, you know? but i keep pushing the envelope to represent, you know, represent people that look like me and represent ideas and values from, you know, a perspective that is different.