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

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.

I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.

I really do not care if it is a B-movie or not.

I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.

I love the hip-hop nation.

I love science fiction.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

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.

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

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.

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.

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.

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.