The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings.
Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before.