Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.

So many comics have such low self-esteem.

I got an early education from television.

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

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.

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

It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.