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.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

Happiness is the most important thing.

As actors, you become an expert at starting over.

We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.

No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.

I've always had an involved imagination.