Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.

I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.

For some reason and I don't know why, but I don't think that I'm funny in California. So I always want to do my movies east somewhere.

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.

I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.

I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

People go to the movies to watch a film and all they're thinking about is the actress's cellulite they saw in a magazine.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I don't direct movies for a living.