I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

Our culture is revered and it inspires people all around the globe.

Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside - to have a big hear and an open mind and a spectacular spleen.

It’s an evil fate to fall into the hands of a persecutor who was once persecuted.

O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!" - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii)

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.

At school where you a dunce or a teacher's pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was cute.

Kids' literature now is dystopian, you know.

A star needs all the rest she can get.

And it took me, since I was 17 and left home, running from God, to now, as a 30-year-old man, when I honestly feel like I've come full circle and my heart's finally in the right place.

I live life what I consider to be normal.

I hope to find the perfect band as well, I really do, and I'm working very hard to find that band.