I am proud of what I've done.

I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.

There are brothels now that are run a certain way, and women make educated choices to become part of the sex industry. Their health is taken care of, and their children can be put through school. But, sadly, there's the underbelly of that, and I think that back then women did hold a lot more power in that regard.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.

I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.