I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance..

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it..

I'm just going to try to do the best work at whatever I'm going to be, and I don't think I'm going to be an actress..

Out of necessity comes genius..

When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person..

I believe that if we have to pay 100 percent for our college tuition, and then we get into the workplace, and we're only given 70 percent of our coun….

I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people..

I will not be on this planet. I may come back in another form, and you know, I'll come back as a white man..

I want to direct and work with the youngins and the fabulous actors of today..

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist..

Thats what I crave that diversity..

My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions..

When you come from an environment that's military, and they don't stress that topic of aesthetics or beauty pageants and makeup, there are a lot of t….

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation..

I think people will have great conversations about religions, women's sexuality, gender issues and gay issues..

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances..

I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't..

I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it..

Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are..

My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in ….

The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative..