>> you think sonya henny's mother loved her. poor you, i didn't stay home making apple brown betties, no, i made you a champion. knowing you would hate me for it. that is the sacrifice a mother makes, i wish i had a mother like me instead of nice. i didn't like my mother either, so what. i gave you a gift. >> you cursed me. >> you're a monster. >> spilled milk, baby. >> how do you find the empathy, the humanity in a character like that? >> that is an excellent question and one that i definitely -- that was the challenge in this role taking on this role. and that is the first thing i do whenever i take on any part, is no matter what the character does i can't judge them because i'm going to be playing them. so i look to find their wounds, where were they hurt, where is their humanity as you said. i decided not being able to ever meet the real lavonna harding, the writer, steven rogers tried to find her. but couldn't find her anywhere, tonya didn't know where she was, and nor did she care. i had to believe she had to have been abu