When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots,' and for society, not me, it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion, and I was not.

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.

For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.

Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.

I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

Learning is a tunnel experience that makes us think more broadly.

I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist.