Once women find sisterhood, there's nothing stronger.

Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're 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.

If you're not taking care of yourself, lipstick and foundation isn't really going to do anything for you.

My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.

I'm not a very organized person.

I never had a real job. I started acting in high school, and then I started working. So, I never got to have that experience.