Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

It’s more than just saying lines and turning the light on. You have to drive the story - there’s a technical aspect.

I don't really like horror shows, horror movies, or any of that. I'm really a lightweight, in terms of that.

I deal in a very artistic way of what interests me and marks my passion, and I try to - whether its good or not - am in love with acting and the stage and characters and the ability to reach and to touch people, so that's where, I guess, that's where my heart will reside, by and large.

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.

My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did.

I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.