AMI ON POWER: 

"I got on the phone with Courtney Kemp, the creator and one of the executive producers for Power, she started telling me about this character who she had written for me. . . I said, "Wow". . . Dre's mother . . . she is formidable."

Being a judge . . .

AMI ON Svu:

" I have gotten to play a judge on “Law & Order SVU” for 10 years . . . Judges typically, don't say much . . . it is important . . . that I have created an internal life for this judge."

AMI ON American Son:

"This is the hardest role I have ever played, because it just hits so close to home.  I’m a mother. I have three sons . . . sometimes doing all this [acting] can take you to dark places."