Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.

The whole time I was modeling, I had a place in Paris, and a place in New York, and I was really single.

Colloquialism is the toughest part of what we do, as foreign actors, because there are certain sayings that you guys have that absolutely don't make any sense.

I did have a bunch of goals I wanted to achieve when I was financially able to do so, but they had nothing to do with fame.

When I set goals, they're more tangible than becoming famous. You don't build a company or a foundation for fame.

I've always given people the benefit of the doubt until they prove me otherwise.

I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me.