As we move toward the millennium, the year 2000, the most powerful nations are not those that have nuclear bombs, but those that control the media. That's where the battle is being fought; that is how you control people's minds.

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.

If people go to IMDB, they will see that I'm very comfortable with independent cinema, and doing studio films too. For me this is not an either/or situation.

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.

I consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If I did have, I'd be in the number one spot over Madonna.

I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.