Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?

[On writing to Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple:] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

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

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.

I have a production company, and we work with reality TV producers 44 Blue. They asked if we'd like to get involved. When they explained that it was the first transgender modeling agency, we said, "Yeah, of course!"

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.