I stay in tune with my family and God.
I've always been athletic - I ran track in high school - and it kept my blood pressure in check over the years. Once I was diagnosed with hypertension, I stepped up my workouts.
If you have the opportunity for your art to meet activism, you shouldn't pass that up when it comes your way.
I do an annual detox for two weeks, eliminating sugar, processed foods, and simple carbs from my diet. I usually lose 7-10 pounds and look at it as my yearly renewal.
Children at certain ages have distinct actions, and boys at certain ages have a particular way of acting too.
I think women supporting women is priceless.
You don't know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don't have a child, you don't know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever.
I feel like 'Leftovers' is dealing with subject matter that's kind of taboo when you're talking about religion and faith. They found a way to make it mysterious and intriguing without making people upset.
I'm just really thankful to have the chance to portray a character you don't see every day.
I was married for nine years before my husband and I separated and eventually divorced. Just as I'd watched my parents arguing and fighting, my son watched his parents arguing and fighting. It was like history repeating itself, and I felt terrible about him having to witness that.
I want to live a full life - period.
Athletes are very cool to me.
It's incredibly hard out there for women of color.
I watch ESPN all day. If you come into my trailer, ESPN is on. That's the first thing I do when I leave the set.
My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.
I love my city and I feel like the majority of the people that are in the city are people from other cities. So I think that L.A. sometimes might get a bad rap because it's known to be so Hollywood-oriented and then underneath that you have crime. But that's really the case in pretty much any major city that you go to.
The word 'divorce' wasn't foreign to me. As a child of the 1970s, I grew up as part of a generation of kids whose parents got divorced, and it wasn't seen as this terrible thing. Maybe that's why I believed what my father told me and Reina that day: that everything would be okay. But it wasn't.
I don't remember a day where I didn't own a pair of Vans or Chucks. I just try to wear what I feel comfortable in.
I think 'Empire' is entertaining. It's a soap opera. Does it touch on stereotypes? Sure, it does... I don't know if that's necessarily good or bad.
As an actor, we have to be so vulnerable that it's really hard to involve yourself with the other aspects of filmmaking.
