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

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'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything

I have dated all races and I believe you should be free to do whatever you want.

Kelsey Grammer is one of the best actors I've ever worked with.

I think Hollywood is so driven by money, the people who are making the decisions are not necessarily reflective of the melting pot, so what stories are you going to want to tell? You're going to want to tell stories about yourself.

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.