In a lot of movies, African-Americans are either maids or slaves, but that's not all they were. We need to show that. And we can't keep erasing history.
I've been rewritten on past projects and thought, 'That's not what she was - she was this really powerful woman, and there's nothing wrong with that.' I'm going to keep writing them, and hopefully people will start making them.
When I switched to screenplays - 'cause I had done musicals and plays - the first assignment in film school was, you have to write a silent film. And it's tremendously helpful to learn how to do that because dialogue can be a crutch. If you can master a silent film, you're golden.
My first break was becoming a staff writer on the rebooted '90210.' And then I got stuck writing in the teen genre for a while.
I'm pursuing film and TV, and it's exciting because I feel I can write in almost any genre now.
You want to have a good cake? Get two engineers to build it.
I don't think I've ever been called up for an action film with a male lead - which is a shame. I'd love to take on Bond.
We need to redefine what a hero looks like.
