I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent.

I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.

I'm not the girl for superhigh fashion because I don't have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I'm a Roberto Cavalli girl.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles.

I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.

As a woman, when you embrace where you are in life, then I think the struggle [life] isn't so hard. If you're 42 and still think you're an ingenue, then you've got a problem.