When you ask the best questions of yourself and others, you invite the best answers.

I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

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

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.

I hope I just continue to be passionate about the roles and to always endeavor to bring clarity and honesty to the table and different ideas.

I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.