At home I wear my own clothes, no makeup and don't do anything exciting with my hair. I get to borrow pretty dresses for the red carpet, and have experts do my hair and makeup.

I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.

There is the old boys' club, but there are ­people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do.

I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.

To play Cleopatra on Broadway would just be incredible.

I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come up.