Me, Sexy? I'm Just Plain Ol' Beans

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 Like Serious Films, The Moneymaking Blockbusters That Don't Make Any Kind Of Sense And John Carpenter Films.

I Tell Actresses, "if You're Too Tall, If You're Too Fat, You're Not Going To Work. I Don't Care How Talented You Are." It's A Business, And Sex Sells.

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 Passion Is To Tell Stories That Reflect Humanity.