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Susan Kelechi Watson
Jamaican
Actress
Always
Character
Life
Like
People
You
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A month before I booked 'This Is Us,' I was like, 'Maybe I should move to Montreal and work in a coffee shop.'
Susan Kelechi Watson
Work
Coffee
Before
Booked
Month
Montreal
Like
Shop
Move
Maybe
Us
Should
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.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Love
You
Somebody
Everybody
Validity
Say
See
Give
Purpose
Up
Going
Love You
Need
There's light and dark in all things, you know?
Susan Kelechi Watson
You
Dark
Light
All Things
Know
Things
You have to practice the life you want regardless of what the circumstances are.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Life
You
Practice
Circumstances
Want
Regardless
There is nothing like being able to develop a three-dimensional character over a long period of time. Sometimes you aren't able to fully portray a character because you only have a couple of scenes to do it in, and you don't get the full life and background of that character.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Life
Time
Character
You
Sometimes
Long
Nothing
Background
Able
Three-Dimensional
Only
Scenes
Long Period
Develop
Over
Like
Couple
Period
Because
Get
Being
Full
Full Life
Fully
Portray
I trained in theater. I loved Los Angeles, but I've found New York to be successful for me.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Me
Angeles
New
Los
Los Angeles
Trained
York
New York
Loved
Theater
Successful
Found
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.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Funny
Mom
Great
Comedy
King
Telling
One-Liners
Brothers
Knowing
Household
Without
Ultimate
Up
Very
Grew
Stories
Dad
It's a complicated dynamic sometimes, mothers and daughters. There's this thing of, like, 'This is a model of womanhood for you,' but yet we find so many reasons why we don't want to be like our mother.
Susan Kelechi Watson
You
Complicated
Sometimes
Mother
Our
Find
Daughters
Like
Mothers
Womanhood
Model
Want
Dynamic
Reasons
Many
Why
Thing
There was no way to predict that 'This is Us' was going to be what it is, that it would really resonate with people.
Susan Kelechi Watson
People
Resonate
Predict
Way
Would
Going
Us
Really
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.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Life
Time
Food
Money
Opportunities
My Life
Clothes
Living
Without
Going
Just
Whether
Which
Really
Meant
Things
I think, so often, we can let our circumstances dictate what our value is. And I have to remember that my value is the same whether I'm in the dirt or I'm picked up and dusted off.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Remember
Value
Think
Our
Circumstances
Dirt
Picked
Off
Up
Dictate
Same
Often
Whether
I pray and meditate every morning for anywhere between 15 to 50 minutes.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Morning
Every
Minutes
Between
Pray
Anywhere
Meditate
I personally don't lock in a performance, because I do leave room for things to happen, so I just make sure I'm very intimate with what I'm saying and why I'm saying it so that no matter what happens, we can do whatever we want to do and leave space for play.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Saying
Matter
Space
Whatever
Intimate
Lock
Performance
Make
Sure
Because
Leave
Very
Just
Want
Happen
Happens
Room
Personally
Why
Play
Things
I've trained in dance for most of my life, but ballet was the thing I left behind the earliest because they felt like I didn't have the right body for it, and I didn't like that and never felt like I could be a part of that dance structure.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Life
Dance
My Life
Structure
Could
Never
Part
Like
Most
Because
Felt
Ballet
Left
Trained
Behind
Body
Right
Thing
Earliest
So many people want to be seen not just as a mom or a wife, but they want to be seen wholly.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Mom
People
Wife
Seen
So Many People
Just
Want
Many
Wholly
What I say is that there's this culture and this vibe and this community in Brooklyn that's so amazing and wonderful, and it has influence on the world. That's the part of Brooklyn that I love and I begin to miss.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Love
Culture
Wonderful
World
Amazing
Community
Say
Brooklyn
Part
Miss
Begin
Vibe
Influence
As a kid, you're so at the mercy of the people around you, the people raising you, your environment.
Susan Kelechi Watson
You
People
Mercy
Kid
Environment
Around
Your
Raising
It's always really cool as an actor to have a character that people want to see the best for.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Best
Character
People
See
Always
Want
Really
Cool
Actor
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.
Susan Kelechi Watson
Youth
People
Organization
Club
Drama
Teens
Detention
Know
Island
Been
Lot
Center
Which
Worked
Works
Actually
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