I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was so progressive.

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

Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. And I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.

Ultimately, it's not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people's expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you are just who you are.

I think at the end of the day she [Rose from "Fences"] is a strong woman in the truest sense of the word. I think all of that is in the narrative; it's already there. The hope is there; the playfulness is there; it's there. I wish I could take credit for it, but it's there.

Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.

I've done a really bad job with teaching daughter to put on makeup, but I have taught her how to put on lipstick.