But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules that are gentle and kind.

A diva is someone who pretends to know who she is and looks fabulous doing it.

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.

If you can find something you love, go for it everyday of your life, and it would be really good to you.

You are a black goddess when you come out the salon.

America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney.

Apart from being Jennifer Lewis. The name pulls people in.

I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop.

I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon.

I want to co-produce again.

I'm in the moment. I'm always in the moment of life.

I've been burn when it comes to my hair that it ain't no joke.

If you don't love it, don't touch it.

If you just want to be a star, go away.

It's important to e alive in those moment, especially when you're doing something you love to do.

Saturday night is when my hair would be fixed up and that was my memory.

Sometimes I think I take on a lot of work but that's me.

We didn't have a beauty shop as I grew up.

What if Whitney was at her top, and we brought in a name like Whitney Houston, it would sell.

Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act.