When an opportunity comes your way, it's about making sure you're prepared to be the one who can walk through the door and deliver the goods. And I've had a lot of luck on my side and I've been prepared for that luck.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.

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.

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.

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.