My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.
The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.
I consider myself conscious of how we're treated, and sometimes I can be a feminist.
It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.
I wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor. That was my goal. I didn't believe I had the physical beauty that I'd seen projected and advertised in movies, in theater. It just wasn't for me.