I am not supporting Donald Trump. I think he does this country such a disservice. And I'm gonna leave it there.

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.

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'm a self-made woman. I've never compromised myself.

I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. As a nursing mother, I couldn’t sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.

I don't think the religion makes the woman; I think the woman is who she is within the religion.

Just like in Christianity or Buddhism, obviously there are certain practices that dictate one's life, but I don't think you can say all Muslim women are a certain way.