Actor Tasha Smith joined Forbes Senior Writer Jabari Young at the Nasdaq MarketSite to discuss her business ambitions and career journey In Hollywood. In the discussion, Smith also dives into her acting company, how she spent her first $1 million, and the lessons of being a Black woman director.
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00:00We did go to LinkedIn and ask someone, Denise Brawner, she says, as a black woman stepping into the director's chair, how do you assess creative authority in rooms that may be unaccustomed to seeing someone like you lead and how do you navigate the assumptions that come with that? A very interesting question because I saw you on Sway and you were talking about a black man who kind of shot you down earlier as a director.
00:21You just have to, like, own who you are and be confident in the story that you want to tell and be yourself.
00:31Like, I don't believe this is just me. I'm not a code switcher, you know, because I don't feel my creativity is guided in falsehood, right?
00:42So I can't walk in a space and try to be something that I'm not. I don't feel like I can create my best art like that.
00:51So I'm just myself. I'm a black woman. I'm loud. You know what I mean? I have this energy, you know, but that's just who I am.
01:01But my creativity is in my truth. And that's all I can say is to be honest with who you are and don't be afraid of what anybody thinks about that.
01:14But your creativity comes out of your truth, period.