For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films, ' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.

Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.

I live in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg, so I just like to wander around. Williamsburg's such a cool little neighborhood community spot.

I'm happy to just sit in a cafe and watch people. It's my favorite thing to do, for sure.

Be confident, and just do it. It's all about not questioning what everyone else is thinking, since they're probably looking to others to know what is or isn't cool.

Im a total weirdo and have often felt like an outcast and a freak, and I love that. It makes things so much more exciting.

I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.

Turquoise is my birthstone; Im a Sagittarius.

I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends.

When you're making an independent film and you care about it so much you do all the prep work beforehand.

That's my approach to makeup in general, highlight something, what you love about yourself, but don't cover anything up, or distract from what you actually look like.

I do not want to grow for the sake of growth. Never will I be blinded by greed.

Love has little to do with romance and everything to do with honor.

When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new.

Federal overreach from agencies like the EPA is hurting family farms. I will fight against these crippling regulations, and always side with the hard working farmers and ranchers of Missouri.

Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.

Human beings were given a left foot and a right foot to make a mistake first to the left, then to the right, left again and repeat.

The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.

I think you really have to tap into your sense of humor in order to survive.

The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.