My Family Was Very, Very Receptive To

Out Of Necessity Comes Genius.

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.

I Consider Myself Conscious Of How Women Are Treated, And Sometimes I Can Be A Feminist. Sometimes I'm A Little Republican, Sometimes I'm A Little Democrat. Sometimes I'm Angry, Sometimes I'm Not Angry. I'm Not A Total Feminist, But I Believe In Rights For Females. I Believe That If We Have To Pay 100 Percent For Our College Tuition, And Then We Get Into The Workplace And We're Only Given 70 Percent Of Our Counterparts' Salaries, Then We Shouldn't Have To Pay But 70 Percent Of Our College Tuition. Maybe That'll Stop The Bullshit.

Yes, You Can Have Art Films About The Triumph Of The Human Spirit And All Of That, But You'll Have It Done With A Big-budget Icon With A $20 Million Salary. You'll Have Julia Roberts, You'll Have Robert Redford, You'll Have Russell Crowe Doing Those Films, Because If They're Going To Cost $90 Million, They're Going To Make That Movie For A Public That's Very Large And Mainstream. They're Not Going To Make It For Three Or Four Million Black People.

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