There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.

This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.

Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.

Well who's black and what is a black person?

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.

Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then.

I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.

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.

Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she's been, where she is and where she's going.

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 grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them.

Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.

I love the hip-hop nation.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.

I am really blessed and very grateful for it.

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.