I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.'
I'm not the girl for super high fashion because I don't have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I'm a Roberto Cavalli girl.
Being biracial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real ability to be in a room with anyone, black or white.
I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night.
You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.
I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.
I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.
I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.
I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.
I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.
It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.
