I love my city and I feel like the majority of the people that are in the city are people from other cities. So I think that L.A. sometimes might get a bad rap because it's known to be so Hollywood-oriented and then underneath that you have crime. But that's really the case in pretty much any major city that you go to.

I want to live a full life - period.

And there's also not enough films that are more of a imitation of what real life looks like.

But, once again, when I said I'm so grateful for my mom just being adamant about me staying in public school - that is what allowed me to be exposed to so many different types of people. I went to a high school that was by the beach. I elected to do bussing my junior high school years. And my first year of high school, I would take the bus from my neighborhood to the beach schools. And at those schools, you had such a mix of so many types of kids.

I try to eat well, but I don't deny myself the foods I love. I just eat them in moderation.

I would like to believe that most people don't get married anticipating divorce.

"Southland" was not written for a black woman.