Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a certain type that they go for or don't.

Im a songwriter and Id love to make that a part of my career.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

There are a lot of celebrities that I think can get a little bit distracted by the way that our society views celebrity. All of a sudden, the film becomes about, "Come see this celebrity!" I'm not interested in that. I want to see a story.

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

I admire fashion and I respect it greatly, but I don't necessarily follow trends. I never really have. I just wear what I like to wear. I really like colors, and there are some things I wear and don't care what anybody says about it being in style or not. I wear it anyway.

I think even when I was little there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist.