Use spices for flavor in food rather than adding a bunch of oils, fats, or sauces.
Every year, my family and I would go visit my mom's family in Texas. We would drive from Chicago to Texas, and once we started to get towards San Antonio, everyone looked like me! It was such a great feeling. Everyone had the same brown skin that I did.
If it's an international flight, I always like to wear a sheet mask.
If I'm going to work, hopefully I have a late call time, and can hang out with Rain and our nanny until we shoot.
I like flavor - I could never stick to any diet that was steamed vegetables and low-fat chicken breast.
I am not really ever accused of being shy or meek.
I have two paintings that used to belong to my grandmother, who lived in Chicago. When I was young, I used to sleep over at her house. They came to me when she passed away. I remember looking at them when I was a girl, and now, every time I see them, I feel good.
The second I got on stage, it was like, 'Oh my God! I love this! I love this!'
We believe slavery was abolished with Abraham Lincoln; unfortunately, human slavery is alive and well.
Nothing really prepared me for the amount of work, or the amount of rewards, that came with being a new mom.
We moved around a ton when I was a kid. I think we lived in 9 different houses before I was 15 - we moved from the city back to the suburbs; different suburbs, different houses, all over the place.
My view of the world changed completely when I became a mom. I'm suddenly like, 'Do pop songs always say things like this? How could they put that on the radio?'
I had a job since I was 12 years old. I did everything under the sun. I pumped gas. I worked at gas stations, car washes, dry cleaners, anything and everything that I had to do to pay the bills. So for me, I know what it's like to hustle.
I can bring Rain with me everywhere I go, but when she's in school, I don't know what I'll do. The longest I've been away from her is three days, and I cried my eyes out. The first day of school will be so hard.
Everyone is born free and equal.
I can't wait to use a BabyBjoern. I'm in love with the Orbit Baby stroller, and I also really like the Bugaboo.
I really want to work with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.
I would love to do a really stupid character on 'The Office'. I'm so an 'Office' fan.
If you want a favorite book, Orson Scott Card's 'Ender's Game'. You'll be hooked. I think he's written like twelve or thirteen.
I'm pretty good with languages.
