I believe in getting a good education to be able to go out into the world and make a difference.

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

I am actually very in touch with all of my emotions, from joy to pain, and I am free with them.

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.

Unfortunately, when you're an actor you're like 'Ah, if the only knew.'

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