I do believe that we're all God's children..

I want to see more women as producers..

You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge..

I didn't realize that diets don't work, and I did not want to diet. I didn't want to do anything that required dieting..

I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that….

The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's abou….

God in my mind gives you what you need. So, if you need God to be a black woman and you need that for whatever your reasons are, then perhaps your bl….

As an actor, I've learned to become a detective. You have to figure out who that person is. If the character is a thief, you have to figure out what ….

I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book..

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged..

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow..

I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread ….

For me, when you have to prepare to play God, and then walking away from that, you realize just how tough God's job is. I don't want that job..

One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes..

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life..

My job as an artist is to present the material. My job as a woman is to receive from it what I need..

I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about wor….

I was starstruck and sweat a lot when I met Oprah Winfrey and tried to hug her. Because when you think you know people when you see them from your co….

If you go through life and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence..

The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T..

As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we….