You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone..

I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the no….

I approach the film business the way I feel about self-esteem. It's something that has to be maintained. That's kind of how I feel about positive rol….

You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let ….

As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot..

My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home..

So often, you don't get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you're on set..

I'm as involved as I can be. Whenever I'm asked to do something, I always tend to show up..

To step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make. What was difficult was the work and the practice that went into becoming good at it,….

To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be ….

I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it's kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad t….

Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it..

Those curveballs are always coming-eventually, you learn to hit some of them..

When I'm doing something I love, I can lose sleep. I can go and go and go and go. My work ethic is pretty intense. But when it comes to doing somethi….

I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring..

Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think..

I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen..

I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?.

We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt..

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants..

Having a belief in God, being able to find joy, despite your circumstances or put yourself outside of yourself, and stop looking inwards and look out….