My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it.

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.

As actors, we were fighting that tooth and nail because of fear, because language is a crutch and dialogue is a crutch, and it's so easy to just have a great writer write you a line.

You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.

When I find something that I really like and I can get it off, then I put my time and energy into that. It is a lot of work....

You always have this fear in a movie of just being somebody's woman.

I havent lost my culture, just my accent.