Out of necessity comes genius.

You never know how people are going to respond.

I tell young actresses today who are looking to get into films, "First of all, you are marginalized by the color of your skin." I tell actresses, "If you're too tall, if you're too fat, you're not going to work. I don't care how talented you are." It's a business, and sex sells. Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell. Yes, you can have art films about the triumph of the human spirit and all of that, but you'll have it done with a big-budget icon with a $20 million salary.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

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