Occupation: Actress Birth: June 19, 1948
A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been ….
Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people….
There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a ….
There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise..
As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value..
Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself..
I believe the universe conspires to give you everything you desire..
Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do..
If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the….
Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always ….
I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all reli….
Everything you do, every thought you have, every word you say creates a memory that you will hold in your body. It's imprinted on you and affects you….
What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first..
Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a m….
The act of giving expands one's entire life experience because nothing is more fulfilling than one's capacity to give..
You have to learn how to care about people without taking on all of their problems..
Where the women go, the culture goes..
I am just myself, and who I am is a lot..
There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving..
I am having a good time doing nothing..
Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing..