There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads.

My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.

I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.

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

Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.

I definitely think we need to lean more on God. And I do think we need to praise, because we need to give it outward. You know, whenever you think you're in tough circumstances, there's always somebody who's in a worse position than you.

If you try to follow everyone else's mold, you'll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.