The question that a lot of people ask me all the time is how did you make it? The truth be told, it was nothing but the grace of God.

If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money...

You will always fine jealous people.They're the ones promoting you.

It's a dream realized to partner with Oprah and bring scripted programming to OWN. She has accomplished so much with the network, and I'm excited to work with her to be a part of its continued growth.

I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There's something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that's really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette.

What I've never wanted to do was allow myself to be put in a box, so I've tried to do a lot of different things so this is a step in trying to do something different so we'll see how it goes. I'm under no illusions that this is slam-dunk. I did the best I could and that's all I can rely on.

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.