Ylan Noel Quotes

"I just want to tell great stories."

"What drives me is character driven material."

"I'm really simple and I'm extremely ambitious."

"I want to do more roles that require a large level of preparation and that are completely different from who I am."

"Sometimes I feel like my normal approach to roles has been, 'I want to be more complex, dynamic.'"

"I get what it feels like to watch some of your peers pass you in a field that you're in."

"I don't think I'll ever get to a place where I'm super kumbaya coming into an audition room."

"I want to see more sci-fi with black people."

"Sometimes hiding behind masculinity with your homies can get in the way of having a real dialogue."

"Typically, I'm very happy-go-lucky."

"I'm not interested in people being interested in me."

"I'm just a monk, I'm like a recluse."

"I'm originally from New York, and I just have a love affair with that place."

"I don't have any conversations where I'm not talking about my dog."

"Winks just don't come off as smooth for me as they seem to for everyone else."

"What's cool about 'Insecure' is it's very realistic and nuanced."