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

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.

Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured everyone was going to freak out and say, 'Why would you do that after Dorothy Dandridge?' My answer is 'Because I can.' And that feels really good to be comfortable saying that.

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

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.

I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'

Although some people will say it's a cliché, I think not having had a father when I was growing up affect me negatively because I didn't have a good role model to follow.