To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

Chemistry on film is like chemistry in real life, it's either there or it isn't.

I've never gotten any complaints about my headscarf from a man. You can be sexy with a head wrap!

Good storytelling appeals to me - good writing.

It was a good script [Something New]. We have not seen an interracial issue dealt with from a black woman and white man's perspective in this way. And, usually, it's a black man, white woman. I loved the fact that it wasn't about the couple being against the world or the couple against the family. I loved the fact that it was her dealing with her own prejudices that came up, her own guilt, her own shame and embarrassment about what her peers thought.

I remember after I dated this white man, nobody said anything but there was a couple of men in my family that joked after that. 'Oh yeah, we had a party when y'all broke up. Hee hee hee.' And, you know, they laughed, and it was like light and a joke. But, you know, that's real. That was real and they let me know. And, it's almost acceptable within our culture to be prejudiced toward whites because of our history. This country is loaded with racism .

I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.