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.

We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.

Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it's something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it's nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I'm all over it.

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.

Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.

The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time.