I remember being interested in theater when I was in school, but I wasn't always engaged in making it a career. I was a cheerleader in Texas, but I tore my ACL, so I was out for the rest of the season. That's when I started putting more of my passion into theater.

Candice Patton

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.

Candice Patton

I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.

Candice Patton

It's not enough to be diverse in your casting. You have to service those characters; you have to make them fully well rounded because people are watching.

Candice Patton

As far as someone who I would like to work with - this is super out of the box, and I have put this on my Twitter - Pam Grier. I love her. I just love her fierceness, and she's kind of, for me, one of the first black superheroes. I would love to have a chance to work with her.

Candice Patton

I grew up with Batman and Superman but definitely in a cartoon and a movie kind of way. I was familiar with DC superheroes. I didn't know much about The Flash or anything about Iris West!

Candice Patton

I think people love the character of Iris West. I think a lot of fans are also excited that Iris West is now African-American. They want to see her be strong and intelligent and a love interest - and so people come out in full force to defend that and honor that. And I think that's cool.

Candice Patton

I would love, love, love to do theatre. It's how I started, and essentially, it's my heart.

Candice Patton

Luckily, I didn't have many 'day jobs' while trying to find success in Los Angeles. When I first moved to L.A., I worked at Bubba Gump Restaurant for about two days. I didn't even make it through training before I quit. I just didn't care to memorize all the different types of shrimp.

Candice Patton

I was never once told to consider anything but my dreams. It's probably one of the greatest gifts my parents gave me, because it never occurred to me to do something other than what I loved.

Candice Patton

'Heroes' was great, but I was like the sorority sister, the friend. So often, we as black women, we are cast as the best friend; we are rarely the leading lady. So for me, being on 'The Flash,' it's been so important for me to be the leading lady, to be the woman that is desired by the superhero, to be the hero herself.

Candice Patton

My parents have always advocated doing what I love to do.

Candice Patton

The last thing we need is women on TV hating each other.

Candice Patton

I don't worry too much about learning lines per se. The memorization is the easy part for me, usually. For me, it's more about working on the context, back story, intention, motivation, etc. Once that's in place, the lines come pretty naturally.

Candice Patton

First stop when I'm on set is my trailer. I like to set my stuff down and lock the door. Be in my own space for a few minutes.

Candice Patton

I didn't read comic books; that's not something that was really available to me as a child. We watched more cartoons and movies.

Candice Patton

When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.

Candice Patton

We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.

Candice Patton

Geoff Johns, beyond being incredibly talented at what he does, he is one of the nicest human beings I have ever had the pleasure of working with, so he deserves everything that he gets.

Candice Patton

I would love to do a non-musical Broadway or Off-Broadway play.

Candice Patton

I didn't have an acting job when I moved to L.A. I was just naive enough to think that moving to L.A. was the next step after college. My parents were really supportive.

Candice Patton