Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.
Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.
If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.
The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.
I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a hopeless romantic and I really want love and I want a committed relationship, so I am going to reinvent marriage for myself.
After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?
Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.
I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.
I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.
While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
I wish all men were like dogs.
