No, seriously, Tiffany’s favorite place to unwind comes with both beautiful sweeping views of Los Angeles and a sprinkle of eye candy. I find this out when we meet for an early-morning hike—her suggestion, not mine.

Certainly not the kind of setting where it would have occurred to me that my cover interview subject might flirt with someone(s), but here we are. You have to admire—and be unsurprised by—the confidence.

After all, this is the woman who, in the five years since her breakout performance in Girls Trip, has brought in somewhere in the neighborhood of a billion box-office dollars. From this summer’s Easter Sunday to her upcoming film Back on the Strip, she’s now a movie theater mainstay. Pick almost any streaming service, and you’ll find more Tiffany projects—subscribe to Apple TV+? Check out her latest series The Afterparty. Looking to Netflix and chill? Try Black Mitzvah, Like a Boss, or Bad Trip. More of an HBO Max person? You’ll love The Card Counter. Hooked on Hulu? Binge The Carmichael Show. She is, quite literally, at the top of her game.

As it turns out, the trails we’re walking today were walked by a different Tiffany, years ago, who could only have imagined all this. She pauses to tell me: “When I was homeless, I used to come over here all the time and just dream.”