A biography for Susan Kelechi Watsonhasn’t been written yet.
“We all need somebody to say, 'I love you. I see you. And I'm not going to give up on you.' Everybody has validity. Everybody has a purpose.”
“I actually worked with an organization called Drama Club that works with incarcerated teens and youth in a detention center and in Rikers Island, which a lot of people don't know that teens have been incarcerated in Rikers Island.”
“This is an age where you could put anything on YouTube; people can make films on their own.”
“That's always fun to play: the person who can be truthful and blunt, and people take it because that's who she is.”
“I'm the ultimate studier of comedy. I grew up in a very funny household. My dad is the king of one-liners; my brothers are great at telling stories, and my mom is funny without knowing it.”
“After a while, the person who knows the character best is you, the actor.”
“There's light and dark in all things, you know?”
“You have to practice the life you want regardless of what the circumstances are.”
“There was a time when I just didn't have the opportunities, which meant going without things in my life - whether it was clothes, or food, or money - and living a really bare-bones life.”
“Judith Jamison is, like, supreme.”
“A month before I booked 'This Is Us,' I was like, 'Maybe I should move to Montreal and work in a coffee shop.'”
“I trained in theater. I loved Los Angeles, but I've found New York to be successful for me.”
“I have a mole in my eye, which is a very specific thing.”