The one thing that I realize - well, not the one thing, but it was a big thing - having in my head that I need to get healthier. It's been a very gradual process for me.

There are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.

I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.

Only when you find the courage to say something to someone that might influence a change in your behavior, does that behavior change.

God in my mind gives you what you need. So, if you need God to be a black woman and you need that for whatever your reasons are, then perhaps your blessings will come in that form.

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.

The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.