In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.

As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.

I love skin. I don't believe the body is something to hide.

I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.

I like to be around people who are very passionate. People that won't fight but that will be very over-protective and outspoken about their opinion, their point of view, their ideas.

I love women. I worship women. Don’t want to be any other woman but myself.

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!