My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.

My driving force is spirituality.

I got an early education from television.

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now.

This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.