Marsai Martin Covers The Digital Issue Of POPSUGAR
Marsai Martin is on the cover of the digital issue of POPSUGAR. The young actress is on the cover of the outlet’s digital issue to promote the new episodes of black-ish. Highlights from her interview are below.
On the lack of roles for young black girls: “That was probably the day when I was like, ‘Oh, they’re basically saying since I’m a young Black girl with glasses and an Afro, there’s nothing else for me’. If there isn’t anything for me, then there’s nothing for other Black girls who look like me who are trying to make it in this white-male-dominated, or even white-girl-dominated, industry where that’s the only standard of lead actors or actresses. That was the start of creating my own content, finding myself, and figuring out what I love,” she says. “I can just go for it and show other girls who look like me that they can do the same thing.”
On her hopes for the production company, Genius Productions: “Creating Little and seeing how amazing that was, I was like, ‘I can do more of these.’ It just grew to be something bigger. It started with acting, and then it went into executive producing, and it can go to writing or directing — it can go further.”
On success: “Success is having a purpose, moving forward, and motivating people to do what they love. When I was younger, I said I wanted to be a legend. That means when I leave this world, I want to make sure that I came with a purpose, made a positive mark, and inspired young girls to do the same thing that I did.”
You can check out even more from her interview here.