I'm still trying to do films about black women.

Sometimes I'm angry, sometimes I'm not angry.

It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.

I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.

As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.

At the beginning, my ambition was never to break down doors. It was just to earn tuition for myself and work in an industry where women hadn't been allowed or invited. That's all I wanted to do, not thinking that I would make waves, change minds, excite people, incite people, turn on people, repulse people.

Out of necessity comes genius.