It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.
“If my mama and daddy would've stayed together, one of them would've been dead, and the other would have been locked up for it.”
“I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was so desperate to get a job and couldn't and so it's kind of an anathema for me to turn down work.”