Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.

I have the strangest time to get cast in anything. 'Ghost' was the same thing. Six months I had to wait for them to decide they had seen everybody possible. Why not? What limits me? I'm black? Oh, am I black?

Really, darling, it's a no-brainer. You know, I understand not everybody is for gay marriage. But if you're not for gay marriage, don't marry a gay person. That's what I say

I'm as American as Chevrolet.

Children are a quality of life ... when our children are happy, then we are better as human beings.

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.

I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.