As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive.

I learned from my mistakes, I was able to accept the things that were my fault and to be able to grow from that. You have to be able to see growth from your experiences and I've done that.

Some men are afraid of women who challenge them and demand respect and answers. That's who I am and will always be.

It is much easier to fight through this thing called life with someone, as opposed to fighting alone. I absolutely want to be a wife and to come home to somebody who I know adores me.

I know how to play comedy when it's needed. So even when it's really not there, my facial expressions are really great. I have a lot of facial expressions in my face, you know.

I'm a talkative person because I like to get to know a person and I like you to get to know me.

I have very few friends. I'm an associate of everybody and friend of none.

I'm not into younger men. A couple of years younger, maybe, but I'm not a cougar. I'm not a panther either.

Growing up, I stayed in a child's place. My father was murdered when I was 20. I was a model and never had a real job and my parents took care of me.

I intimidate a lot of men, because I've done a lot. I'm established. I'm successful.

When I was younger, I thought LisaRaye sounded so country, but I've come to really appreciate my family-given name. I was named after my father, David Ray McCoy, and I'm totally a daddy's girl.

the ultimate meaning of words cannot be found in what the listener hears but in what he listens to upon hearing

No matter what age you are or what your circumstances might be you are special and you still have something unique to offer. Your life because of who you are has meaning.

A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.

Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with.

They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.

All women are wonders because they reduce all men to the obvious.

Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.

On their return from a trip, it is wise to see friends promptly, before they've had time to get their pictures developed.

No one was ever called by God to greater suffering than God's only begotten Son.