If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.

When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and straight hair. Then we moved to an all-white neighborhood and that was a culture shock ... I'd been used to being around all black kids.

I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.

Here's the thing - you can't be careful about what you pick because what looks like on paper is going to be a great script has often turned out to be a disaster, so there's no way to know what's going to work or to pick the right thing.

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle.

I think my feet are my sexiest body part. People I find really sexy include Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and my mum.

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.