I don't cook, so my favorite dish to prepare is something on the takeout menu.

All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.

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.

I thank God for Closed Doors

My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made all those foolish mistakes. Then, when we got a little older, at thirty, we started getting these flashes of light, revelations of what a great and lucky thing it is that we didn't get caught doing those stupid things back then. Around forty, if we are lucky, we stop lying to ourselves. Fifty and above, we've run out of patience for foolishness. Take me to the bottom line.

Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.

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