I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and don't have a problem accepting that.

I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad.

A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.

I live a very joyful life, with a lot of laughter and good times.

I like movies that resonate, that give voice to the voiceless.

I'm definitely in a place where I'm looking for different than what I've done in the past, just so I can go to work and do something I haven't done before.

I am actually very in touch with all of my emotions, from joy to pain, and I am free with them.

I love seeing my mom and my daughter embrace their natural hair. I'm glad I've embraced it, too.

Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know.

Build your own dream or someone will hire you to build theirs.

Our art is never really ours. Each person who experiences it brings to it a piece of themselves and reacts to it in ways that stem from their personal struggles, beliefs, morals, and even hang-ups.

Dream, Dream.

I think every singer hears songs that make you want to sing them.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to begin life with the expectation that it is going to be easy, or with the wish to have it so.

It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.

I don't see what the point is in growing up.

You need demarcation." "Demarcation?" I asked. "It means a clear separation between two things," he told me. "A solid end before a clean beginning. No murky borders. Clarity.

I truly believe that if you think something's stupid, that might mean it's actually good.