Chocolate and candy. That's what we brought in to our friends. We worked in East Berlin with other artists who were smuggled out to come work in the Western Bloc. It was extraordinary because people in East Berlin just wanted to know what was happening. Music. Fashion. The news. All of the things we get every day.

If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.

Actors have no color. That's the art form.

The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American.

If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.

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

You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.