That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

I don't have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn't love me has to say about me.

My husband [Julius Tennon] and I started a production company. We've already optioned a book and some scripts to do exactly that, to create more complicated, multi-faceted roles for African-Americans, especially African-American females. I think it's important.

I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don't think it's honest.

When a director can give you a word that allows you to feel less tense about yourself, to make you feel like you indeed are good enough before you even get to the work, you can't ask for anything more than that.

I can't deal with actors! I can't deal with myself. We're neurotic and miserable... I love doing what I'm doing, but while I'm doing it, I'm miserable.

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