That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.

And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

Our culture is revered and it inspires people all around the globe.

And we will lie down on the ground and have conversations with the grasses and the flowers.

This was all in the making, a long time ago. You had as much control over these events as a leaf does in the time of its falling.

I trusted her about as far as I could throw her. I was strong and she was small, but it still wasn't very far.

The past is never dead. It's not even past

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.

I see myself as a creative being. My only fear is compromising my integrity. I guess that's a constant struggle.

... a worker was seldom so much annoyed by what he got as by what he got in relation to his fellow workers.

My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.

Reality TV is set up to make people entertaining. A good person with values and principles is not good television.

We've been raised to compete, to want more! More! More! It's a way of life. It's about greed.