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

I have a mole in my eye, which is a very specific thing.

Susan Kelechi Watson

With my representation of a black woman in the world today, there's such a powerful response from my community about what it means to have black representation on television. That response is so overwhelming and so strong that I just have to express my own gratitude for it, because I understand the necessity for it.

Susan Kelechi Watson

You have to practice the life you want regardless of what the circumstances are.

Susan Kelechi Watson

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

I pray and meditate every morning for anywhere between 15 to 50 minutes.

Susan Kelechi Watson

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

PBS was just such an awesome resource for a child's early development. And now I realize Mister Rogers is also an awesome resource for an adult's development because his philosophies are just timeless and are so relevant and are so important and are so simple and just something we can all grasp onto easily.

Susan Kelechi Watson

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

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

Thank God I applied to Howard. It's where I belonged.

Susan Kelechi Watson

This is an age where you could put anything on YouTube; people can make films on their own.

Susan Kelechi Watson

Historically, and even now, women have been asked to give up on their dreams way more than men, mostly - because it's sort of like you're supposed to once you become a wife and mother. That's a generalization; that's what the mentality has been.

Susan Kelechi Watson

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

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 always have to keep setting the bar for yourself.

Susan Kelechi Watson

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

As you build your career, you know where you want to go. I'm definitely moving towards films. That's definitely a goal. I'm definitely going to put it out there.

Susan Kelechi Watson

Judith Jamison is, like, supreme.

Susan Kelechi Watson

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

That's always fun to play: the person who can be truthful and blunt, and people take it because that's who she is.

Susan Kelechi Watson