MARSAI MARTIN

It doesn't matter if you're 4 or 84; there's no age limit to what you can do.

You're gonna get a lot of nos more than yeses, but you have to find the right people who trust in you and believe in you and will continue to work with you because you've got potential.

I wouldn't do a whole pop album. But I would do a musical.

Sometimes I go Go Karting. Just regular old kid stuff.

I think now I get to create and inspire more young black girls to continue doing what they love and reach for the stars.

It's very rare to have an amazing cast who supports you and loves you for anything you do in the future.

I hope to bring fresh ideas to the big screen.

The majority of my time working is with adults, so I have 'experience' without experiencing it.

My parents took a chance and sacrificed their jobs and a big move to California. And they were like, 'Are you sure you want to do this? We're literally packing up this whole house.' And I would always say, 'Yeah.' I'm six years old. And they were like, 'OK, if she wants to do this and this is her passion, then let's do it.'

We need more of those characters that lead by example for people coming up next to us.

I just want to keep on creating stuff that people can relate to and inspire anyone who feels like their voice isn't heard; being relatable and being as authentic as possible is the whole goal of my production company.

Believe in yourself. Push to your highest limit.

I don't want to be known as just an actress. I want to be known as an entertainer and entrepreneur.

I usually go home and go to sleep; that's what I do for fun.

I would say I was, I guess, a toddler when I actually found my passion because, when I was little, I used to mimic all these movies and sing all this music that you wouldn't think a toddler would know. I would think my passion just started there, and it just grew with me.

At a very young age, when I was a baby, I used to mimic all of these movies, like 'Dreamgirls' and 'Ray,' the type of movies you wouldn't think a little kid would know. But my parents thought I was great.

I would always thank my parents in everything I do because they sacrificed everything for me to do what I love.

I kept a lot of my ideas to myself because I honestly thought no one cared. So it was surprising to find out that people did! Now I know that I can do anything, and I want other people to feel the same.

It's people who look like me, just seeing representation of everyone. I didn't get that when I was young. I only saw one black girl that was on a Disney show, that was known for being the sassy, coocoo, that type of girl.

My parents always told me I could do anything, so I never had limits on what I could or couldn't do.

I just want to keep making my family proud.

I don't miss public school.

Everyone thinks you have to grow up to know who you are, but kids already know who we are. The world just beats it out of us.

It just runs through my family, to be honest. I come from a very big musical, entertainment background.

Growing up, I didn't have any inspirations.