"“I don’t care how sexy or beautiful any woman is. At the end of the day, she has to take her makeup off. At the end o…"

"Critics absolutely serve no purpose."

"It’s only been recently that I can admit that I would jump in trash bins looking for food and I would steal from the …"

"Artists and actors of color have to alter and water ourselves down for Hollywood, but I refuse to be pacified."

"I always say that one thing missing in cinema is that regular black woman…Not anyone didactic, or whose sole purpose …"

"I was trying to fit in, stifling my voice, stifling who I was, in order to be seen as pretty, in order for people to …"

"…I know Jim Crow, I understand that time period. It’s a 100-year time period that was rife with lots of violence and …"

"…My definition of success is legacy, is significance. And also, might I add, my authenticity is my rebellion. It's my…"

"Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everythi…"

"“I’m living for my peace and my joy,”"