Melissa de sousa

There are roles for all types of movies. I mean, you still want to watch the urban movies, and they need to be told. You still want to see something you haven't seen before.

You have to have an attitude that nothing's gonna stop me. I think that's just my New York kind of attitude - survival of the fittest.

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

I've always been kind of an introvert growing up.

I've grown as a storyteller, and my comedic timing has gotten better.

'The Best Man' was my first feature film, and I didn't want to be known as a director who only does romantic comedies.

Just go and keep auditioning and keep trying and keep believing things will turn around, and it always does.

When you're in your 20s, you're a little more carefree; you're single. You have a very different way of looking at the world and experiencing the world. But later in your 30s, when you have children,...