When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

I put a thong on a few months ago trying to be sexy. I've been looking for it but ain't seen it since.

I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything's solved, and it's great and wonderful. You're a perfect human being.

Life is so precious, such a gift, and that you have to live for you.

I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.

What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.

I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you're getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.