You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.
What's interesting is that producers, directors and writers tend to typecast me in terms of whatever movie they've seen me in most recently.
My wish for the world would be to end violence against women. My wish for myself would be for peace of mind.
If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind.
I encourage people to ask whatever question you're most interested in hearing the answer to.
I decided to follow my dreams and my passions and to always have an adventure, no matter what it is.
You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
You have to develop a very thick skin.
You have to be resilient.
You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.
When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.
We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.
We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in.
There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand.
There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black.
The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time.
The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.
People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
My friends are very opinionated about the people I date.
Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.
In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.
In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast.
In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail.
If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.
If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.
I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.'
I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.
