I've always had a social awareness. My favorite channel on TV is BBC News 24. For a while, I had to have it on repeat in my house. I've always been interested in what's going on in the world.

What is life unless you're having a good time? I don't really have a plan; I just try to dip my toes in different ponds.

The most romantic things are very small, kind gestures from people you love.

As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.

For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.

The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones.

When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it, you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

I'd imagine a great date would be to go skiing. Imagine going skiing. Go ski with someone, if they can ski.

I think it's more important to seek the truth than to try and be perfect, to be honest.

If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point.

Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure.

A simple job for simple people.

Zen aims at freedom but its practice is disciplined.

I write like a two-year-old and I can't spell.

I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls.

I don't like the Pippa Middleton's face. She should only show her back.

Makin' veterans run for medicine, Cause I put out more lights in a fight than ConEdison.

I believe every human life is a gift from God and we should cherish and protect and celebrate them.

But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend.