They will love me for that which destroys me..

If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn't make the movie any better, just as if it's ignored that doesn't make the mo….

The image is an image..

God hides things by putting them near us..

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..

Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..

When I was 18 I already had a business going..

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I am not an African. I am an American..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

I will not be ignored..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

I don't pull, I just receive..

You can change so many things in your life, but you cannot change where you come from. It's something that you have to deal with: the role everybody ….