When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.

No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.

Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.

It's good to do things that are out of the norm. I'm a creature of habit and I like to stay in my own little comfort zone, but you have to reach out of that sometimes. And when you do that, you grow. And growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day. And that's one of the things that I say to myself as far as a ritual that I have every day: "What can I do today to make it better than it was yesterday?"

It's good to do things that are out of the norm.

I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.

That's a very, very touchy subject, domestic violence. I think women don't realize is it's something that's very prevalent. It goes on, on a daily basis.