I am a Christian. I haven't really talked about that before. It is something very private. But I do pray and my beliefs are very important to me.

To play someone who is who they are because of the happiness and contentedness that they've known in their life is interesting because of sort of how banal it is.

I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.

If an audience doesn't get that [Black Snake Moan] is a movie about overcoming exploitation, it could come across as incredibly misogynistic. That would be the worst thing in the world for me.

I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like - ugh, you might as well kill yourself.

I think people are learning to actually aspire to be objectified.

I tend to fight for something that I believe in.