You never understand how dear your privacy is until you lose it.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch.

I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.

Women of color: if you're over 40 and you get fat, you will work. But if you're hot and over 40 and a woman of color, they don't know what to do with you.

A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.

I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I couldn't articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can't explain it.