Everything you do, every thought you have, every word you say creates a memory that you will hold in your body. It's imprinted on you and affects you in subtle ways - ways you are not always aware of. With that in mind, be very conscious and selective.

When I look at the work, if it speaks to me, I'll say 'yes' and if the work doesn't resonate with me, I'll politely decline.

Where the women go, the culture goes.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?

As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.

Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.