I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.

I'm as American as Chevrolet.

If You don't like Gay Marriage, Don't Marry a Gay Person.

I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.

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

All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'

I had such a good time doing that movie [Sister Act 2]. My daughter's in that movie. It was a fun film to do. And it shocked a lot of people, because they loved it, and they take it with them.