Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.

The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.

People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not being tolerant of anyone.

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

I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.

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

Unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.