My mother's mother is Jewish and African, so I guess that would be considered Creole. My mother's father was Cherokee Indian and something else. My dad's mother's Puerto Rican and black, and his father was from Barbados.

I do wish that I had gone to college, just for the simple fact that knowing more than one approach makes you more well-rounded. But I still can't say knowing what I know now, that I would have done it any differently.

I love anything vintage. And I love Marc Jacobs and shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti.

When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!

I always knew I wanted to be an actress, and I had the attitude that I would learn more under people like Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne or Mike Myers than from someone who had never starred in a movie. I just didn't think that someone who had never been in a movie could teach me how to act in one.

Just be honest and true to yourself. If your friends around you love you, they'll wish you the best and want only what's going to make you happy.

I use bath gloves in the shower every day. People often comment on my skin and I just tell them that I use bath gloves.