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.

If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.

I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.

I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.

You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it.

America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.'

We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them graham crackers.