When you look at "American Crime" and you have the character Terri LaCroix is a pharmaceutical executive - why does that character always have to be white?

A Modern Mom to me is not always someone that juggles a career and family. A Modern Mom is a woman who takes care of herself on the inside and the outside.

I can work inside the boundaries of Erika Murphy, or whoever the character is. It's fun to create somebody that's not you, that doesn't exist.

Race is a very sensitive subject.

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

I went to public - I graduated from publics - Westchester High. I'm a product of LA Unified.

"Legally Blonde 2" wasn't written specifically for a black woman.