Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.

We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.

I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"

I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.

I think that enjoying the fruits of one's labor is very different than arrogance. And when I was younger, I didn't know the difference. I thought that if you were gracious, that meant that you somehow were getting ahead of yourself. And I felt self-deprecation kept you balanced.

You can't be hesitant about who you are.

I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things. So, I guess that when I walk into a room, I bring all those things to a role, and I've always just simply seen myself as an actor.