Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

'Beloved.' That's an amazing film and I'm sorry more people didn't see it when it came out.

I watched Westerns from the time I was a girl. My dad was a big Western fan. I always loved Clint Eastwood movies and Westworld, where the guy gets trapped in a western-themed amusement park. The western motif was fascinating to me.

I live a very joyful life, with a lot of laughter and good times.

I love seeing my mom and my daughter embrace their natural hair. I'm glad I've embraced it, too.

I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad.

I'm happy when people come up and say how they feel about what your character went through, you know, I went through and it's helping me deal with it. I get to see the movie through the audience's eyes and that's really gratifying.