Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.

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.

Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.

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.

Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again?

Take all the hype out of the exercise and think of it as brushing your teeth.

I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.