“You have to dream it. You have to say it. And then you have to put in the work to achieve it,” said King in an interview with BuzzFeed News. This month King appears in new ABC series American Crime and directs her first episode of Scandal.
Regina King arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of ABC's American Crime on Feb. 28.
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When Regina King walks into a room — any room — a small group of people immediately flock around her. Everyone knows her. Celebrated actors count her as a trusted friend; showrunners Shonda Rhimes and Mara Brock Akil have hired her to direct episodes of their hit TV shows, Scandal and Being Mary Jane, respectively; and people serving hors d'oeurves and cocktails at Hollywood events can often recite lines from her films on command.
King is luminous. And on one day in particular — this time at an event leading up to the 87th Academy Awards — she held court with grace, smiling at friends and fans alike during the cocktail hour at the Essence Magazine Black Women in Hollywood event, where she would be honored later that day with the Fierce & Fearless Award. King has appeared on the magazine's cover four times over the course of her career, and on that day she was celebrated by some of the most famous people in a town full of them. It's apropos that she received this honor in 2015, having managed three decades of consistent work in an industry that often focuses on the newest and the youngest. Before she accepted her award, King struggled to compose herself and contain her emotions. She failed miserably, wiping tears of gratitude from her face with one hand and holding sides from an upcoming episode of Scandal in the other.
If ever there were a career-defining experience, this was it.
"I was overwhelmed," she said weeks later when describing that day in an interview with BuzzFeed News. "I was feeling so full. I go through life truly enjoying life, but not really thinking of all of the things I've done. I am always within the moment."
King in 227.
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