I love shoes. I am a shoe fanatic. I have a special closet in my home just for my shoes.

It would certainly would be great to see more films featuring the black family and showing that we are capable of having that unit strong and present and beautiful, because that's so much of who we really are.

So I think if we’d just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.

I think every family has that moment when the parents realize they need help and think, Oh my gosh. We cannot do this all alone. Every woman has that panic at some point in motherhood when you feel completely overwhelmed and constantly tired.

The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That's when you'll know I'm free.

I'm also working on another independent film called Roxanne, Roxanne, about Roxanne Shante, who was one of the first African American battle rappers from Brooklyn. It is produced by Forest Whitaker and Pharrell [williams], so I'm really in great hands.

As long as the acting is good, I can appreciate it.