After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film.

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.

I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.

If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind.

Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.

I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.