And "classically not beautiful" is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you.

You can't be hesitant about who you are.

I get so excited when my daughter says something new, which she is doing every day. I can leave the house for a few hours, come back and meet a totally different person. That's very exciting to me.

It's not anything that is just perpetuated by White America or just perpetuated by Black America. It's just a cultural understanding that you're just not a part of the equation when it comes to sexuality and I think that people mistake your lack of opportunity with the level of your talent.

I think that I'm coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.

I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that's changed my entire perspective.

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.