I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.

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

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

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.

The thing that my parents have always taught me is that beauty comes from the inside, and also that beauty stems from health.

Artists also have the responsibility of reflecting the truth.

Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.