Quinta Brunson Reflects on the Business, Explains Why She Won’t Direct ‘Abbott Elementary’ Yet: ‘I Can’t Afford to Lose Me in the Room’

Quinta Brunson received the Variety Showrunner Award at SCAD TVfest on Feb. 6, joined by her “Abbott Elementary” co-star Sheryl Lee Ralph for an honest conversation about the highs and lows of the television industry. Variety moderated this conversation in partnership with SCAD TVfest. Brunson was introduced by Ralph, who praised her as someone truly […]

By Kennedy French