I had one incident where my daughter said that a girl asked if she was a brown person. I said, 'We're black. You have black people, white people, Chinese people, Hispanic people; we're all brought up differently.'

Going through my divorce has changed who I am in my understanding of what's good and bad in relationships.

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should be.

Sometimes when you hear so much and everybody is praising you, you can get lost in that. You can start thinking that you are on a higher pedestal than everyone else. So I try to stay level headed, humble and the best way to do that is to not really acknowledge it that much. I just keep grinding and working as hard as I can. I also set my goals higher so that I don't have time to be content with my place in life and in my career.

When you're in love, love makes you do crazy things, and can take you down a whirlwind of a road.

I shouldn't have to ask for your permission for me to put you in my lie!

Relationships are like farting, If you push too hard things could get messy real fast.