Simone Missick

Human nature we get easily distracted.

— Simone Missick

COVID is a real thing.

— Simone Missick

I love comedy. That is my first love.

— Simone Missick

Luke Cage' is something completely new.

— Simone Missick

No one person or entity is perfect.

— Simone Missick

I, like most people, spend a lot of time watching shows. Bingeing shows.

— Simone Missick

It's always so great to innovate, to be at the forefront of something.

— Simone Missick

People are thirsty to see themselves a magical way and in a fantastical way.

— Simone Missick

I think so often in our industry, people get typecast.

— Simone Missick

All Rise' isn't your typical legal procedural, nor is it a straight comedy either.

— Simone Missick

I was just interested in playing a character that was flawed.

— Simone Missick

I tell my crew members how much I love and appreciate them every day.

— Simone Missick

I was captain of my varsity basketball team.

— Simone Missick

I know I'm very dissatisfied with the way I see law enforcement in my community, but I didn't go off and become…

— Simone Missick

I am the lead on a network show. That is a major opportunity. If I had kept that small vision of what…

— Simone Missick

It's important for the world to see black women as not just the suffering wife or haggard mother.

— Simone Missick

Normally I need about two hours for hair and makeup, because that's when professionals do it.

— Simone Missick

We always see strong women. We often see strong black women. We rarely see messy, fragile black women.

— Simone Missick

If I'd looked at 'Altered Carbon' as the thing I have to hold onto, I wouldn't have been open for Lola Carmichael.

— Simone Missick

We even thought there would be a 'Daughters of the Dragon' spinoff. Unfortunately, we will never know if that was even given…

— Simone Missick

I think every day, being alive, it is important to all of us to try to find the light and the hope.

— Simone Missick

As actors we have these things that they call eco-casting, where you don't even go to an office and meet with a…

— Simone Missick

Knowing that I was the first version of Misty Knight, a character that was created 40 years ago is one thing. But…

— Simone Missick

So many more actors would be so much happier with the process of going to work, the process of auditioning, which is…

— Simone Missick

We live in a racially imbalanced society and we always have been. Black people have been traditionally disenfranchised and abused and misused…

— Simone Missick

I am the level-headed person in my family and with my husband, I am the first one to say 'sorry' in order…

— Simone Missick

The billboard for 'All Rise' is in the same area where I used to wait tables when I first got to L.A.…

— Simone Missick

With every character it's interesting. If you play Macbeth, people have seen and read Shakespeare and see dozens of actors play that…

— Simone Missick

I look at some of the amazing actors that we celebrate today, who are leading their own shows and movies and writing…

— Simone Missick

I come from a very active family politically, especially around union organizing.

— Simone Missick

My desire is that I'm not an addendum to someone else's story.

— Simone Missick

All of these wonderful characters and opportunities come to me and I can't say no.

— Simone Missick

People dealing with crisis can sometimes be funny.

— Simone Missick

You can make shows that you believe in and shows that are a little bit different.

— Simone Missick

I feel like I'm building a legacy that my children and their children can be proud of.

— Simone Missick

Any opportunity to show two strong women on screen I welcome.

— Simone Missick

I've loved my castmates. I've been very, very blessed with amazing people to work with.

— Simone Missick

If you don't enjoy the journey, you're not going to be happy once you get there.

— Simone Missick

As an actor you have to have the room to play and find the character.

— Simone Missick

For an actor, that's exciting, to not know exactly where things are going to go next and to also be able to…

— Simone Missick