"... this is the first science fiction film I know of that's based on character rather than hardware. I read the story…"

"Actually, it was quite bad. It is a bad film. Only good thing about it was meeting my gal, Marie, we've been together…"

"It's the biggest, most satisfying role I've ever had. Davidge is a human being who gets to know a lot of sides to him…"

"there's nothing noble about keeping one's self small"

"fame and fortune must be corrupting"

"In mothering, I didn’t think about myself as being a Black mother. I’m a mother"

"To be held in esteem by other people is, for me, a humbling experience."

"I grew up in a time where these things begin in childhood—your grandparents, aunts, uncles, your own parents, the tea…"

"There was something about going through a pledge period with other young women who you really didn't know very well"

"Well, you can respect people. But can you depend on that person? Can you trust that person? And can you be depended u…"