I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting. — Jerrika Hinton Actor Copy Share Image
I hope that pay parity is something that becomes more commonplace in the industry. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to different artistic outlets, even when I was doing theatre as a kid. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
If we're going to engage in juicy plot devices, I still want them to be carefully considered. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I grew up in theater, so I'm all about the process and I love having a process. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I'm very emotion-based, I approach character very much from the heart. Building up their heart, their inner world, their imagination, their childhood… — Jerrika Hinton Character Copy Share Image
It's a really thrilling feeling when you introduce someone to an organization and they turn out to be just the right person… — Jerrika Hinton Adventure Copy Share Image
I try to be a responsible consumer, so when it comes to hair stuff, I'll go to a Joann Fabrics and Crafts… — Jerrika Hinton Consumer Copy Share Image
I know myself is an asset to every single room I walk into. I am an asset to every company, every show. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
Learning to be bolder has been a challenge and a good one, I think, utilizing your resources and not being afraid. — Jerrika Hinton Being Copy Share Image
For any adult person who has gone through a rough breakup, when you have a situation where you know the breakup needs… — Jerrika Hinton Breakup Copy Share Image
I've never done just one thing, I've never been able to. I just like to know all pieces of the puzzle because… — Jerrika Hinton Art Copy Share Image
I usually carry plum blossom incense because I work in different trailers and they have different odors. I like my little morning… — Jerrika Hinton Blossom Copy Share Image
Performing is something that I've done since I was a very small child, genuinely since preschool. It was probably some blend of… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
For those unaware, transitioning from a relaxed to a natural texture means also transitioning from conventional to fringe society. Abandoning straight hair… — Jerrika Hinton Being Copy Share Image
Our society's framework for black women reads as such: strong, indignant and fiercely independent with endless resilience; a myriad of expectations entirely… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I took some time... to kind of check in with myself, sit in silence, and do all the things that we're supposed… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
There's an interesting thing that happens in entertainment when it comes to law enforcement. They love to put a black person as… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
Once huge members of your family leave, you celebrate them when you can while they're there and it's less about feeling whole.… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
In my line of work, arriving on set and meeting a stylist who takes one withering look and either proclaims my hair… — Jerrika Hinton Hair Copy Share Image
My time on 'Grey's Anatomy'... it's been so many things, and it has opened up so many other things to me, that,… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
Somehow or another Grey Sloan is always the place with groundbreaking medical discoveries. I don't know how that's case but it is! — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I take portraits for people, I like doing that kind of stuff. It's a different way to collaborate and to see other… — Jerrika Hinton College Copy Share Image
I recognize my good fortune, that I got to live in Shondaland and work under Shonda Rhimes, and now I get to… — Jerrika Hinton Fortune Copy Share Image
That's key to Shondaland in general. Nobody is perfect, and they're all desperately trying to be the best version of themselves. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
Sometimes you don't want to hear noise. I'm well known for sitting in a coffee shop with foam earplugs in because I… — Jerrika Hinton Coffee Copy Share Image
The black woman as a concept has an identity largely based on archaic tropes. This same woman as reality, however, exists at… — Jerrika Hinton Identity Copy Share Image
I believe that our entertainment shapes us and we shape our entertainment, and that ongoing dialogue is a fact of nature. — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I like learning languages, I have a huge garden and love gardening, I like life. I like it when life has many… — Jerrika Hinton Flower Copy Share Image
I have the kind of brain that works better with a lot of information and I think that's not unusual in the… — Jerrika Hinton Art Copy Share Image
