I had an immediate idea of what I could bring to it."

It can be funny.

So the idea was that the humor, it’s not slapstick.

Rosario Dawson smiling as she looks over her shoulder

“I just totally live it for me.”

Even so, Ross acknowledged, “I found my voice.

It came before, but I really started using it during ‘Black-ish.'”

Rosario Dawson smiling at Tracee Ellis Ross in Five

Much like Dawson, taking a starring role in “Five” was part of that commitment.

Tracee Ellis Ross smiling while looking over her shoulder