My parents are my role models. I also love Halle Berry, Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez. When I see their work, I get engulfed in it. They really capture me.

I want to be labeled 'a human who loves humans.'

I never said I wasn’t Black… I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American. I never expected my personal beliefs and comments to spark such emotion in people. I think it is only positive when we can openly discuss race and being labeled in America.

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.

I think our society is all about judgment, which is so rude and disrespectful.

Knowing that I make somebody's day better is all that matters at the end of the day.

I'm an American; I'm not an African-American. I'm an American.