I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.

My daughter doesn't want to go to school because she knows 'the men' are watching for her. They jump out of the bushes and from behind cars and who knows where else, besieging these children just to get a photo.

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.

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.

Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.

I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.

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.