Good storytelling appeals to me - good writing.

You can never be happy when you're constantly comparing yourself to others. Keep your eyes ahead.

Everybody is different. I can think of three black men I've dated and they couldn't be more different from each other.

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.

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

When you have a play, you have to be on every night.

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.