In film, it's up to the director to tell the story in whatever way he sees fit, and however you fit into that ultimate vision is where you fit in. So what you did on that stage, on that set, may not be what you ultimately see when you see the final product. And TV works so fast, it works so fast, it's just about product. The average TV show, one episode shoots eight, 10 days. That's it. You get three or four takes for a scene, and then it's over. But people do it for the money.

They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.

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 have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.

When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.

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

Each character has their own challenges. The challenge to doing one scene is your whole history of who you are and your relationships, you only have this one shot.