For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.

Editing is a natural extension of collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.

As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.

I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.

Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.

If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.

I'm actually developing a project so that I can have a lead.

I like to make collages - paper collages.

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as a black actress, there aren't that many roles to pick from.

In the end, I play a lot of friends and I really think it's about time that some ethnic girls get out there in the lead part. So we're developing something.

Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.

If the food supply runs out, try trapping or hunting animals. For most people, this won't be easy. If you can't catch any animals, it's time to throw a Donner party.

I've learned to feel good when I feel good.it's better to be driven around in a red porschethan to ownone. the luck of the fool is inviolate.

Because I am much like Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, I'm such an unconventional political figure that you really need to design a unique campaign that fits the way I operate.

The best thing to do with a bad smell is to get rid of it.

Hope is not an illusion.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

The Republican Party of 2005 bears no resemblance to the Republican Party of 1994.

Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.