If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.

Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to ourselves.

Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

I have been trying to create a campaign to have our country make an apology for slavery, for the way that blacks were treated before the Civil War and after the Civil War.

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.

When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.