Kellee: I think My Boys is a great change for us. I love that we can see dating and relationships more from the male point of view, and I love that the central character, PJ, is a guy’s type of girl. On TV, we see the long hair, lipstick and high heels, and that’s not representative of every female in America and beyond. We need to take the time to say we don’t have to put on three inches of make-up to be attractive, to be intelligent, to get a date. It’s fresh and exciting, and I think if the viewers give it a chance, we’ll really see how far we can go with it.
Kellee: (Advice to single women who are fed up with the dating scene) Love yourself. Be grounded and positive in who you are. Don’t apologize for what you want in life, and go after it with a fierceness that you have never experienced. Try to laugh at least 10 times a day. Try to give a gift of yourself to someone else in need, and don’t focus on wanting to find that special man. Focus on who you are and, if he’s smart, he will find you.
Kellee: You know, I’m just like everybody out there who wants to find someone to connect with. I am a hopeless romantic, and there was a time when I never really thought that being in a stable relationship would come to pass in my life. Once I got over that bitterness and got grounded again in my spiritual life, I was better able to enjoy the dating experience.
Kellee (When ask if she thinks guys prefer the girlie-girl? Or do they really go for tomboys?): I think it is individual preference, but after shooting the show and hearing some responses from people, a lot of guys really do like the guy’s type of girl. I think that’s because they can relate. I think every man, of course, wants a woman who knows that she’s a woman and has feminine qualities, but they also want someone they can sit on the couch with and have a beer and watch a football game, and she won’t be asking him 100 questions like, Why did they kick it? (Laughs)
Kellee (Talk after doing a small part in the movie Monster-in-Law with Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda's as her makeup artist, a scene that was edited out of the film): I did get to work with Jane Fonda and Wanda Sykes, who I met on the set, then brought me onto Wanda Does It for Comedy Central. Which didn't last too long, but it was really a whole lot of fun, and after that, Guess Who, with Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher. And did a pilot with Lara Flynn Boyle right after that for UPN called Crazy, but it didn't get picked up that year. So then this is my second pilot here for My Boys for TBS, which did get picked up, so... (Pause for breath.)
Jordana Spiro (Talks about his co-star and friend Kellee Stewart of My Boys)): Isn't she incredible? I'm really happy with their dynamic. She and I have a great relationship off set, as well. She is a lot like her character in that she's an incredibly strong person, but she's always grounded in a lot of femininity. She very much embraces being a woman; it was very clear to see why PJ needs her around. They accept each other completely and don't judge each other at all, and yet they're totally different people.
Kelle (Talks about her beginnings as an actress): I moved to New York and was doing off-Broadway theater and regional theater, became a modeling agent for a little bit to support myself. I was modeling and the agency I was modeling for lost a booker. I decided to take it so that way I could learn more about casting. Instead of waiting tables, because I don't do that very well, I just don't pour coffee very well.
Kellee (Tells us how she can relate to the themes on Guess Who): I have not brought anybody home, however I was that for someone else. Across the street from where I lived in Pennsylvania I dated a blonde, blue-eyed caucasian guy, and his parents were not happy to see me across the street with him. And it was very, very hurtful. I was called the 'n' word. Had the principal call his parents into school to let them know that he was dating an African-American girl, what that was like, and it was very painful for me in my childhood. My wonderful mother was the forefront of my life, the rock of my life, who said, 'Listen, this does not define you. This is not who you are. This is ignorance in its worst guise and you have to decide whether or not it's worth it for you.' And at that moment it wasn't. Now I think you can love whoever you want to love. Love should be colorblind. It's not always, but it definitely should be. But at that moment I learned a hard lesson. I will never let anyone degrade me, no matter what color they are.
Kellee (On who was crazier on the set of Guess Who, Bernie Mac or Ashton Kutcher): Bernie Mac! I have to say sometimes it was a toss-up. I think Bernie Mac because he always had a joke for everything. And Ashton was really thinking about the whole picture, how everything is going to really come together. They’re both extremely professional but they work differently. They’re like the odd couple, I call them. But Bernie Mac had me in stitches a lot.
Kellee (Talks about bonding with her onscreen sister Zoe Saldana): I feel like this is the sister that I never had. I actually just punk’d her though with Ashton Kutcher. I felt really bad because I had to lie to her for three weeks. But it went well. The punk went well. She was a trooper; she was so great. But we did, we became great friends. We spent time at each other’s house. We both know each other’s family. She’s a wonderful person and she is like the sister that I never had.
Kellee in 2003 appeared in the following films: - Deprivation - Cry Funny Happy
She is best friends with Zoe Saldana.
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