I'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.

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.

Never apologize for showing your feelings. When you do, you are apologizing for the truth.

If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive." -Mother Teresa

Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.

You say "But He has not answered." He has He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big with terrific meaning that you cannot understand yet but presently you will.

My father and I were really like a team. I mean, he was very supportive. He'd come to every single one of my live shows.

How come when I was a kid, I couldn't be picked on bullies like that?

When you're told there's no way you can marry the woman you love and your only hope of being near her is to marry her sister, wouldn't you do the same?

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

Dive into the sea, or stay away

I think that if we don't learn to inhabit other people's perspectives, then we're never going to understand why people do what they do.