And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?
You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.
Beauty is not just physical.
If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.
I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever.
I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.