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

If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.

When I was nine years old, Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.

An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.

Her least favorite thing: VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE

If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.

Taliban-esque: Any behavior that imposes the beliefs of one person on everyone else. Conversations with the Taliban-esque are impossible. They aren't even conversations. With them, it's my way or no way.