I want to do good, and I want people to be happy, and sometimes when youre a people pleaser, you spread yourself too thin.

My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters how to sing.

I want to do good, and I want people to be happy, and sometimes when youre a people pleaser, you spread yourself too thin.

I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me smile; makes me smile so much.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

[Director Richard Tanne] was inspired by their [Barack and Michelle Obama] flirtation, and their connection. That's not normal with politicians who are married - they usually look forced or awkward.

I think she [Michelle Obama] is reluctant to date someone she's above at work. It's 1989, she's at a law firm, surrounded by mostly white men, and she has to prove herself every day.