There are times when I haven't been proud of America or really proud. But there have been times that I've been incredibly proud of the country.

I have witnessed things the ancients would have called miracles, but they are not miracles. They are the products of someone's dream, and they happen as the result of hard work.

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

The people who can be helping to make movies that have blacks and Latinos and women and all that - that movie doesn't come to you. Because the idea is that there's no place for black movies.

That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in.

[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.

There are times when I haven't been proud of America or really proud. But there have been times that I've been incredibly proud of the country.