I don't want to be Carrie Bradshaw. I don't want the wedding to be bigger than Big. I'm just grateful to know that the first time I fell in love wasn't the last time.

I didn't marry a man that wanted to be in the business. But that's why we're a perfect fit.

I feel like it's better to see a sermon lived than it is to hear one preached.

I decided to become an actor at five. I saw the most gorgeous woman that I had ever seen in my five years of living on television. She had on a long, red dress and her eyelashes looked like butterflies and I said, "Grandmamma, who is that?" She said, "Baby, that's Lola Falana." I said, "That's it right there. I want to be black, fabulous, and on TV."

I've known for quite a while that I was a funny girl.

The truth is black celebrities are not as sought after in the press as white celebrities, and that is comforting.

I don't have a desire to do reality. Because my truth is not what people are responding to. My truth is funny; I laugh with my husband every day.