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.

Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

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

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

I decided to start embracing and wearing my natural hair, but there was only one problem; I didn't know what to do with it or how to style it. Growing up, all I knew was my relaxed, processed hair, so I had to go through this learning phase.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

I don't want kids to be distracted by pipe dreams.