It is the strength of the mother that is going to change the way the world is. It's the compassion, the love, the very open spirited mother and woman that will move us forward in this new century. It's no doubt.

I'm impatient sometimes.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

I feel that if you can transcend the color of your skin, with your talent, why carry that as a badge or a label?

Cable was a blessing for me. Thank god, I've done a show that's going to be iconic. So, if I screw up, it's all right because I already have something that's going to be iconic.

I have a lot of very, very powerful women in my life. My mother being the first.

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.