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.

Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.

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.

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

Keep God as your main focus. Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity. Be willing to work hard, and don't believe that when a door closes it's anything personal.

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.