Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.

God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self.

Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.

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.

If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred.

A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars.

Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children.