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

The good news for me is that I have an amazing team behind me, and they've been with me for 20 years now - almost 20 years. And they have seen me as an actress, not necessarily just a black actress. So I have been lucky enough for them to see me that way.

And, for example, like, when you're having the conversation with your child about getting their driver's license. Well, a white family - their biggest fear is just that you're driving safely and that they're minding the rules of the road, whereas a black family - their biggest fear is that their child is going to get pulled over and treated unfairly for a reason that they won't understand.

And just because someone doesn't understand doesn't mean they don't want to.

I've tried to be flexible in my career by doing a little bit of everything and that's worked for me.

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

I had been going on auditions and things like that since I was probably 10 - 11 years old.