The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.

When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person.

I think people will have great conversations about religions, women's sexuality, gender issues and gay issues.

I want to direct and work with the youngins and the fabulous actors of today.

Everyone else can do violence. You know, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, they can all do shoot-'em-ups. Arnold Schwarzenegger can kill 10 people in one minute, and they don't call it "white exploitation." They win awards and get into all the magazines. But if black people do it, suddenly it's different than if a white person does it. People respond differently because people come from different places.

I don't want to be an actress, because I think that they have to be really pretty, and I'm not.

I'm a big child at heart. I think it's important to stay that way and not lose the wonder of life.