I don't have pet peeves I have whole kennels of irritation.
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 used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
If I was doing a talk show, I would do the kind of show that comes on just once a month, with amazing guests.
My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.
Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.
When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.
You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.
Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.
We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that'...
I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect 'cause I like me.... I think I'm kind of cool.
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.
Don't you believe that the punishment should fit the crime? Isn't that what justice is? Letely, though, I wonder if we've gotten more into vengenance than justice.
Is there any forgiveness? If somebody does something wrong, we now have copped this "off with the head" attitude, which, I confess, feels great sometimes, but come on. Why do we paint everyone with th...