Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius.

What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you.

There is no shame in black beauty.

Whoopi Goldberg looked like me, she had hair like mine, she was dark like me. I'd been starved for images of myself. I'd grown up watching a lot of American TV.

You can’t eat beauty. It doesn’t feed you.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

I've worked hard to feel beautiful in my natural skin. Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.