The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.

I'm always moving forward.

The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that.

Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves as citizens of the world, not of a block.

The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.

I've had a lot of experience auditioning people, and I can do it rather quickly even though sometimes I let them linger and give them time, but I kind of know after I see them do a couple of steps. I know.

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.