I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated.

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.

We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.

Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!

It's harder to play a quiet character because everything happens in their stream of consciousness. They're thinking and feeling the world, but they're saying very little, so then you have to communicate it through your behavior.

I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.

Sometimes people come in as a director, and they just want the result, and they barely want that to tell you the truth. Sometimes directors barely talk to the actors; they are so focused on the cinematic elements of the movie, getting the shot and getting the lighting right or getting the CGI effects right and all of that, and they just trust that you are just going to do what you do.