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  • 9 months ago
The Insecure star shares stories of fan interactions including making guys who work at Best Buy feel seen.
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00:00I really don't like them in the back of my shot.
00:01Are you rolling right now?
00:02I don't really like them in the back of my shot.
00:04So we're going to start one more time.
00:06Let's get it.
00:06He's like, actually, no.
00:08Excuse me.
00:09Excuse me.
00:10They're in jail.
00:11It's shot.
00:12You understand what I'm saying?
00:13You should, come on.
00:13Get the hell out of the shot.
00:14You know what I'm saying?
00:15Right there.
00:16I feel like Samuel L. Jackson shooting the shaft.
00:26I feel really clean right now.
00:27I feel like I should be in Miami.
00:29Or on a boat.
00:31I don't want nobody to touch me until I take the all white off.
00:36But that's a whole nother thing right now.
00:39No, this is great.
00:40Actually, I love it.
00:41It's very light.
00:43Obviously, it feels like spring, feels like summer.
00:46How close is this to your style?
00:48I would definitely rock the shoes.
00:51I would 100% rock the jacket, the watch, probably the shirt.
00:54The pants I had to get talked into, but I'm very glad.
00:57Now I look good, don't I?
00:58You know what I'm saying?
00:59You know what I'm saying?
01:01I look good, huh?
01:02I look good, huh?
01:02Perfect.
01:11I think one of the things about being in Hollywood, and about being a working actor, and auditioning,
01:15is like, we do often see each other.
01:18There are groups of us who are often up for the same roles, and auditioning against each
01:22other, and whatever, but one of the things that's really cool is like, I feel like my
01:26generation of actors are very supportive of one another.
01:30Avon, who has done an absolutely amazing job of styling this shoot.
01:42He did not major in acting.
01:43He did not major in acting.
01:44Don't worry about that.
01:45It's a little dramatic right there.
01:46I'll give you some notes on that one later, okay?
01:48I'll give you some notes on that one later.
01:50I'll give you some notes on that one later.
01:53We're at Essence Magazine, we got good sun, we're in L.A. It's going to be exciting.
02:07I started the game, and they were on episode 100 when I started it, and I think I got to
02:12just kind of sit back and watch technicians, like just craftsmen.
02:17And then I got to Insecure, and now I know who I want to be on set, and now I'm full-step
02:24that person every single day when I go to work, and when I'm with this cast, and when
02:27I'm with this crew.
02:29I've had fellas, I've had dudes walk up to me and be like, yo, thank you so much.
02:34There is a real representation of someone who looks like me, walks like me, and talks
02:38like me on a TV show that I get to watch every single Sunday.
02:43I went in Best Buy two weeks ago to buy some weakness one right here, and I went in there
02:46two weeks ago, and I haven't been in a Best Buy, I think I've been in a Best Buy once
02:50since the first season, and I walked in there, and this young black cat walked up to me,
02:54and he was like, hey, for all the black people.
02:57Get away from me!
02:58He was like, for all the brothers who work here.
03:00He said, for all the brothers who work at Best Buy across this country.
03:03I want to say thank you so much.
03:05Literally, he walked up to me and said, it was amazing.
03:08It was literally in this one right here.
03:10It was so good.
03:11Wow.
03:12Not thank you.
03:13Go away.
03:14But I also get a good, I get a good swath of women who run up on me mad, and like cussing
03:21me out, and they will reach out.
03:23I've been slapped before.
03:24I've been chased before.
03:26I've been, I've been told, I've been told numerous times I need to take Issa back.
03:32Um, it's, it's, it's crazy.
03:35It's amazing.
03:36It's dope to see that people feel it that much.
03:38I cannot believe you were slapped.
03:39Yeah, oh yeah, I was in JFK.
03:41At JFK, a woman reached out and slapped the sh** out of me.
03:46Like no joke.
03:48It's a couple shirt.
03:53It's got a little print to it.
03:55I'll open this up so you guys can see the print.
03:56Um, there you go.
03:57Uh, I love it.
03:58It's actually one of my favorite outfits, I think, of the entire shoot.
04:02And it's perfect because it's the last shoot of the day.
04:05The last outfit of the day.
04:07What's up with this thirsty wrap?
04:09I'm going to sit here with the-
04:11You thirsty?
04:12I'm not, I mean, a little bit.
04:14What happened?
04:15I'm not thirsty.
04:16I'm hydrated.
04:17I just like to make sure, you know what I'm saying, that anyone who is parched, you know
04:20what I'm saying, can just get what they need.
04:22That's all.
04:23I'm just, I'm here for you.
04:24You know what I mean?
04:25I'm just here for you.
04:26That's, that's really why I'm here right now.

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