I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who looked like me.

To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

I've always had that going on: "I can't," and then I do, so the voice says, "Well, that was an exception!" It's a tug-of-war between two voices: the one who knows she can and the one who's scared she can't.

It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now I like putting a dress on.

As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally.

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.