You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.

I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.

I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.

Lets be clear, Dolly Parton is a rapper. Somewhere before all the country, I don't know what happens up there in the mountains when you're growing up, but she has been spitting rhymes for a very long time - 50 years I'd say.

I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I'm living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.

It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.