I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.

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.

I love a character that gives me a chance to grow and do something different.

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

Sexiness is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.

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

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.