The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape.

I would fly to Los Angeles just for a cheeseburger with pickles and extra tomatoes from In-N-Out.

I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends.

I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny pretty things. I stay in the moment, because when you do that the hype goes away.

I think it's important to represent black women and our natural hair. Not wearing a weave is totally beautiful and acceptable.

I do think women are unfairly judged by their physical appearance, but I don’t think it had anything to do with being mixed-race. In my opinion, mixed-race people are the most beautiful.

I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't like the way they were representing black people over and over and over again in the same way.