I wanted to play roles which offered new ways of viewing black women and black people in general- and I have done that. And I have always, whether I needed to pay the rent or not, I've always turned down roles which I thought were stereotypical. And so when I look at my body of work in that respect, I am really happy. Because I feel my work does say something positive and that was what I always set out to do.

Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.

I am always interested in affecting people in some way, making them think about particular areas of history that they have never thought about or that they may have thought about in one way and then changing their view.

I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.

I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.

For some reason I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.

Education opens the door to everything in terms of having a career and an impact on society and not being a slave to your job, really.