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.
You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.
An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy.
I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation.
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.
If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.
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 want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.
I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.
I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.
I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking like me.
Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.
I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.