If someone has already done a role I'm about to do, I won't watch the original until after I'm finished playing the role.

Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.

The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach.

If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about.

I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.

Sometimes when you don't care, people are attracted to that.

You can never be happy when you're constantly comparing yourself to others. Keep your eyes ahead.

I've never gotten any complaints about my headscarf from a man. You can be sexy with a head wrap!

I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.

There's a lot of Kenya that's not like me. I like Birkenstocks, granola, my dog Pops.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

It takes work to become the person you were created to be. You're worth the work!

This was the most unkindest cut of all For when the noble Caesar saw him stab Ingratitude more strong than traitor's arm Quite vanquish'd him then burst his mighty heart.

Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.

Well, weight you can always lose, but hair you can't get back.

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.

My rule is, when you are unhappy, think about it. But when you're happy, don't. Why spoil it? You're probably happy for some ridiculous reason and you'd just spoil it to know it.

In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'

Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.