The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.

I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.'

We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in.

If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind.

I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.

If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

You have to be resilient.

When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.

In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.

I believe in times of adversity there’s a line that is sometimes drawn, a line that separates your old life from your new. You cross the line, you’ll never be the same.

Elvis is sweet, but I prefer sleeping with you.

It's an awful thing to grow old by yourself. My wife hasn't had a birthday in seven years.

What about a Princess Bride?" "Where are we gonna find a six-fingered man on such short notice?

I got daisies In green pastures.

People no longer want to see themselves primarily as consumers, but as activists.

Something about this boat screamed, "I am a very popular model in the world's oil-bearing regions. I cost more than your soul!

I write a syndicated column for The Washington Post that goes to about 200, 250 papers.

The first thing to understand about working with children's dreams is that adults need to listen up.

Submit to love without thinking, as the sun rose this morning recklessly extinguishing our star-candle minds.