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.

Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!

If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.

I knew that I was a good writer in high school and won awards, and I was the editor of my school newspaper. So I knew that I was a good writer and I wanted to somehow capitalize and sort of utilize a talent that I thought I had.

The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.

I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a hopeless romantic and I really want love and I want a committed relationship, so I am going to reinvent marriage for myself.

I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.