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.

My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils.

No matter what you say to yourself, you do want to win. You try to look casual, like you're not thinking, 'oh, please pick me.'

You couldn't always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change.

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