Each Time You Do A Film You

My Passion Is To Tell Stories That Reflect Humanity.

I Want To Direct And Work With The Youngins And The Fabulous Actors Of Today.

I Never Went In Thinking, "you're An African-american Woman, So You're Never Going To Win." I Was Just In Career Doing Beauty Pageants For The Experience, And To Show My Brains And Talent And Help Break Stereotypes. It Wasn't Like, "oh, I'll Become A Star. I'm Beautiful." I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup. When You Come From An Environment That's Military, And They Don't Stress That Topic Of Aesthetics Or Beauty Pageants And Makeup, There Are A Lot Of Things You Just Don't Have That City Girls Have.

I Felt Beauty Was A Magnet For Abuse, And I Had Suffered Greatly For It.

I'm A Big Child At Heart. I Think It's Important To Stay That Way And Not Lose The Wonder Of Life.