I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.

I would love to play Nefertiti or Cleopatra or the Queen of Sheba. We preserve more male history than we do female. We have to preserve [female history]. No more complaining. We have to do it.

I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.

I've witnessed racism all my life. And of course there's racism and discrimination in Hollywood. You go for a part and they say, 'Oh, we really liked her, she's amazing, but we wanted to go with something more traditional'. As if I'm not a traditional American!

Where people really base their principles has nothing to do with the color of someone's skin, it has to do with money and their class.

There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.

I want to have more sex, travel more, drink more wine and love life.