Issa Rae credits Maya Angelou's advice about always trusting your instincts as a guiding principle in her life and career
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"My girl Maya says when someone shows you they are, believe them the first time," the actress said
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Angelou died at age 86 in May 2014
Issa Raelearned some of the greatest life advice from her "girl,"Maya Angelou.
Speaking on a panel at the Create Canva/Building Creative Empires for Social Good event at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 16, Rae, 41, was asked by moderator Lily Workneh about the "onepiece of advicethat you wish someone had given you earlier that might have saved you time, money or energy."
In response, Rae reflected on something that the late Angelou —whodiedat age 86 in May 2014 — once said.
"My girl Maya says when someone shows you they are, believe them the first time," Rae said. "If you have a feeling, obviously, your gut tells you everything you know."
"Sometimes I've had situations where I have tried to give someone the benefit of the doubt, but I knew in the back of my mind, 'Oh, this makes my shoulders tense,' or there's something that I just saw that might not be great, but I might be tripping," she continued.
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Added Rae, "If you see that one thing, if you see something, believe yourself and figure something. I've given too many chances. I do that more in business than I do in my personal life, which is kind of backwards because I want to [have] faith in people and ... myself."
Throughout the panel discussion, Rae also touched on how her "proudest accomplishment" was usingInsecureto open "the doors that are open for so many other writers and creators and producers and people who are doing amazing things now."
The television series ran from 2016 to 2021, and Rae received three Emmy nominations tied to her starring role for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
"Most recently, [one of those things is] being able to make a studio movie, produce a studio movie, [with] a writer that I love, Syreeta Singleton, and in a time when studio comedies aren't getting made, and having the pressure of, if this doesn't work, then they're not going to make any other Black comedies — especially one starring two Black women — and being able to make $50 million in theaters," Rae said, referring toOne of Them Days, starringKeke PalmerandSZA.
"Now, having other opportunities to create more films, and in a sense, bring comedies back ... I'm like, 'Great,' " she added.
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