I Was Kind Of A Bouncy Kid.

I Don't Know How I Did It, But I Worked 7 Days A Week.

There Are Just Certain Realities About Our World And I Just Happen To Be Creative Within It.

My Grandfather Was The First Feminist In My Life. He Taught Me If A Woman Can Do Something, A Man Will Respect Her.

I Don't Believe That I Should Just Do A-movies, I Just Do The Work As An Artist.

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.