I was not a Girl Scout, but I try to be very prepared. I triple-Spanx!

As an actor, I've learned to become a detective. You have to figure out who that person is. If the character is a thief, you have to figure out what makes them a thief. Whatever the prevailing idiosyncrasy is, I have to find it in the script.

I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.

I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.

I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.

To be silent is to be passive.