I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.

Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.

I had two roles for which I compromised.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.