Sometimes when you don't care, people are attracted to that.
To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.
I really prefer the actual experience of being onstage and living the character from beginning to end with the energy of the audience. There's nothing that beats that feeling, and yet I really have trouble with the eight shows a week.
I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.
I'm loving the ingredients that are in Pantene, and it smells so good, and that's important to me. It has cassia and aloe vera. The cassia flower is really good for strengthening hair strands and the aloe is wonderful for moisturizing.
I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.
The great thing about the stage is that you have a structured month-long rehearsal period where you're going in every day. You have to have lots of run-throughs with theater because there are no second takes in front of a live audience.
Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.
I love going to the movies and getting Raisinets, a big tub of popcorn and a Coke. That's definitely a guilty pleasure because I can't be doing that all the time.
You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.
Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game.
I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.
If someone has already done a role I'm about to do, I won't watch the original until after I'm finished playing the role.
CGI is done after the film is done. It's through the computer. Most of the film is not computer-generated special effects. Most of it is that creature that is in the room with you.
In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started.
I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish.
I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.
When you have a play, you have to be on every night.
I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.
I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we all had the same agenda.
