I talked to my mother about it a lot. I asked her what it was like to grow up in New York and Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, and I asked her about a woman leaving her husband. I asked her about how she would feel about that woman, and my mother grew up in the Church Of God In Christ, and she told me that the woman might be isolated because the other women thought she might go and come after their husbands. That's how they thought then.

You start to find a rhythm and usually if it makes me laugh or comment in the editing room then I knew that's what's going to happen in the audience. That first reaction is usually the right reaction.

In the movie I realized, I had the luxury of getting to see how the other person feels.

We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.

My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.