Nature has got it all wrong: When you are younger, it should be harder to get pregnant, and as you get older it should be easier.

Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.

My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.

I learned up less is more.The makeup used to wear me and now I wear the makeup.

When I got to be about 16,17 I got into a beauty pageant and I was allowed to start playing around with makeup.

Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.

This moment is so much bigger than me. It's for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.