It's important for us to tell our stories.

Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.

I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

It's not easy for me to admit that I've been standing in the same place for 18 years.

Even though the story [Fences] is set during the 1950s, some contemporary women might have trouble understanding her decision.

Religion to me is when man gets ahold of spirituality: "My god is right, yours is wrong." Religion to me is the human condition. "If you're a Muslim, you can't be a Christian." That to me is religion.