People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important.

Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.

It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.

People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.