We need writers, we need to tell stories that include minority people, and then we won't have this discussion about Oscar so white.

I'm limited as a human being, and when you look at certain situations, it's very bleak. Or at least it appears that way, but then I seek spiritual counseling. My inner circle of people are like-minded, so we strengthen each other.

If it's a story that I feel is exciting and necessary, those are really motivating factors for me.

As you climb, you grow deeper in the foundation, so it makes our foundation deeper.

I am very proud of my husband, both behind the camera and in front of the camera.

It's very rare that you get material that rolls off your tongue.

Michelle Obama, and any woman behind an influential man, has always been there.