I learned there's a tremendous amount of sisterhood among Muslim women, which I thought was really beautiful.

I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently.

It's hard to judge yourself. Each Essence cover represents a different special moment in my life. One is about keeping it sexy in my 40s, so I'm not mad about that either.

My priorities are really about creating balance in my home, making sure that I have enough time with my kids, making sure that I have the time to do the things that I want to do with my career, and to continue to make movies.

To put it in layman's terms, crazy is crazy. And crazy will find a way to do something crazy. Racist is racist. And racist people will find a way to project their racism onto the world.

Directing music videos is all about capturing images.

I am in constant search for that project that speaks to me personally. And when all the pieces come together properly, it'll happen.