I worked in television; I'm the Failed Pilot Queen, I've done so many television shows, pilots, theater ... when you do it for so long, I'm telling you, you get to the point where it becomes varied because you take what's available for a number of reasons. It's just an occupational hazard.

And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

I don't think most people understand acting, even the people who call themselves savvy, even actors.

I can be busy for three years and you may not even know what I'm busy doing because you only see me in a few scenes here or there, but I've been working my tail off because there's just not a lot.

Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy.

You absolutely feel, as a black actress, that you've got to ride the wave because there's just so few roles. I hate to play that card, but it's the truth. There's not a lot of roles.

I sort of feel like that's the most revolutionary thing we can do with our narrative for me as Black people is to show that we are just like you.