Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.

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.

I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.

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'm just going to try to do the best work at whatever I'm going to be, and I don't think I'm going to be an actress.

We have to have films about action and violence and special effects. That's the sad part, but you know what? It's not me doing it.

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