Out Of Necessity Comes Genius.

Oh, There's Going To Be Debate Because You're Dealing With The Bible And Religion Is Supposed To Be Separate From State And That To Me Is Already A Conflict Before It Even Hits The Gay Issue.

I Was Kind Of A Bouncy Kid. I Used To Roller-skate Into The Sides Of Cars.

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.

But I Just Loved Looking At The Clothes Of The '70s.

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.