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

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.

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

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

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.

I believe in ghosts and spirits, and I believe that they can possess you.

I want to be remembered as a woman who represented God but was controversial, stood by what she believed and wouldn't allow other people's opinions of her to manipulate her directions. As someone who helped others, loved others deeply even if they tried to hurt her, was there for people when she could be, and ultimately made everything she did about God and not just about herself.