When you know who you are, you know who you are. That's the real dangerous thing in Hollywood, because they all want to create you and mold you.

Majority doesn't rule. One person can change the history of the world.

I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive.

I don't want affirmative action - too much affirmative, not enough action.

People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.'

I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke, I'd probably be cooking pancakes.

You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.