When I was a little girl - well, like, a teenager - I wanted to be Sam Jackson. I always wanted to be men.

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.

For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room.

To Craig's [ Brewer] credit, I felt totally safe on the set [of Black Snake Moan] . And because I felt safe, Sam[L.Jackson] had to protect me. He got upset at all the physical stuff Craig wanted me to do. When I start doing stuff like that, all the screaming and running, I kinda go out of my head. I'm not necessarily in my own body anymore.

Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. So I'm very familiar with the Beatles; Ringo was my favorite Beatle until I grew up and then changed. I made the switch over to George Harrison just in time to regain my cool.

I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.

People feel like they have to live up to being perfect or have a perfect life or be perfectly happy, and it just makes them more unhappy.