What's your fondest memory from filming "Head of State"?
That's the one that did it. That's the one where I got the acting bug. My fondest memory was the first day working as an extra — I violated all the extra rules. I wasn't supposed to bother the actors, I wasn't supposed to look into the camera, I wasn't supposed to talk, and I broke all of those. Not on purpose because, again, this was my first time working on a film, and in the back of my mind, I'm thinking, "I'm going to be discovered." So that's what that was, all that extra stuff.
"I broke some rules, but it was funny."
What actors did you bother on set?
Well, I think I got on Chris [Rock's] nerves that morning because I was supposed to be a still photographer. And again, I think I was trying to get noticed, and I was a little over the top with my performance. It's my first time. I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know what to do. So I think I got on his nerves because at one point I heard him say, "Is this going to go on all morning?" That's because I had a camera and I was taking pictures. I broke some rules, but it was funny. It was fun.
Did you have any other interactions with Chris Rock on set?
I kissed him on the cheek. I wasn't supposed to do that. I think that I got in trouble because after that they cut. They were shooting a scene, and he's walking back. Me and [another extra], we were both running, trying to give him a kiss on the cheek because he's president, or he just won, so we wanted to congratulate him.
I don't know what my motivation was in that moment but . . . the other extras put me up to it. Me and the girl, she was on one side, but when he walks past, he leans into me. So I give him a kiss on the cheek. And you can hear it because he's got a microphone on. Then they cut, and the assistant director [H.H. Cooper], he comes over, and he said, "Y'all, the extras, you kiss each other but don't kiss the stars." But it was too late. I already did it.
