You don't see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can't play the game. I can't - my tolerance - I know I'm getting old; I'll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I'm getting old? 'Cause my tolerance level is low.

I love my daughter, but there's a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?

I'm very much disciplined because I'm more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.

The two sides of Bernie - that's a quiet weapon that I have.

I've been in training for stardom.

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

Every time you see a black romance it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.