I call the language of political figures, pundits and administrators "the haute couture of language."

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.

Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.

If you say a word often enough it becomes you.

Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us when we are very, very little. Which is the disrespect and fear of the other.

Each person has a literature inside them.