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.

My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.

I never thought I was pretty. I couldn't even put on eyelashes or makeup.

Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.