I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director.

I think 'Soul Food' had the biggest impact on me because that's where I was really able to shine as an actress and because I also met my husband there, and that was a huge turning point in my personal life. So, that show will stick with me forever and ever and ever.

You think you need the newest shoe and the newest outfit. We forget exercising is free. We forget it only takes a little bit every day.

I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.

I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I'm classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I'm frustrated as an artist.

Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have.