I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.

I'm a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I'm fiercely independent, and I'm really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school thoughts in my mind.

I make conscious decisions to stay out of the limelight. Without my make-up I'm pretty much the girl next door.

I love a loose-fitting skirt with a cinched waist. A feminine silhouette is a no-stress zone - it's comfortable and I don't have to worry about wardrobe malfunctions!

Anchorman' is my favorite movie of all time and Ron Burgundy is one of my favorite characters of all time. It's my 'Gone With the Wind.

We shouldn't dwell on what is 'perfect.' We should celebrate our uniqueness.

If you took me to Coachella for our first date, it would probably be a done deal. It would be a sure thing.

I love having a man in my life, and being his woman at the end of the day. I know it's a dichotomy.

I try not to go crazy, but yes, I pay attention to what I eat

I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not.

There's something very romantic to me about people who persevere, and who get told "no, no, no" on a daily basis, and still do it anyway.

I see my father. I see him gone away. My world is a little bit colder.

There’s no way to stand up gracefully when your pants are down around your ankles.

Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.

Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they will probably not survive.

In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you to make a sculpture.

Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God.

Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from it, and then use its energies to guide us.

There seems to be no part of knowledge in fewer hands than that of discerning when to have done.

I had always done theater in extracurricular ways. I'd never been a drama major.

To me, God is the accumulated wisdom I've gathered throughout my life. When I pay attention, my body gives me a printout of this wisdom.