You don't want to think something might be racist, but it might be, because your gut is telling you it is

I don't really view communism as a bad thing.

I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.