The perception is if you are not 206lbs then you can't be considered main event talent, which is foolish.
I would never want the responsibility of being the prettiest girl on screen; it's too much.
When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's this idea that because I'm black, I just look a certain way.
I don't fall into the physical manifestation of a man of letters. So I guess people assume the scripts are delivered to me under the door.
I am 5 feet 1 3/4 inches. Often when I meet people who have only seen me on TV they say, 'I always thought you were so much taller!'
Probably better than anybody, I realized that I could have easily been one of those guys who was not seen as being a WWE-type guy.
Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?
When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny kids with my hair in a bun.
As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be.
I watched so many comic book movies where the actors weren't as built as the characters in the book. It made me mad because they didn't look right.
It's funny: a lot of roles I do read for mention physical presence - like, 'built like a quarterback' - and for me, it's pretty boring because I don't want that to be the most important thing. I'm not trying to be Dwayne Johnson.
People never believe it when they find out I'm a karate world champion. They don't see me as the type because I'm small and blonde.
Everybody told me I was too small to be a wrestler.
