Don't Settle For Average. Bring Your Best

When I Got Married, I Was All In Love, But Then Came Life Intruding In, And Sometimes It's Difficult ... I Would Look At My Husband And Ask, 'did We Do It Too Quickly?' ... But My Husband Was Strong In His Resolve. He Kept Reminding Me That People Go Through This, And That We Were Going To Be Ok.

The World Has White People And Black People In It. Even In Harlem.

Loving God Is Like My Being Black. I Just Am. [no One Says] 'you Know What? I'm Gonna Be Blacker Today!' It's My Culture. It's Not Something I Put On Or Take Off Or Show More. You Just Communicate That In The Way You Live Your Life.

The First Time I Acted Was In High School In Florida, And When I Heard That Applause I Felt So Alive And Felt That Electricity Go Up My Spine.

My Mom Was Always Pretty Supportive. She Saw Me Do Plays And She'd Always Act Out The Parts I Did. My Aunt, Who Played A Big Part In My Life, Was A Little Bit More Reserved, Because If They Don't See You On Tv Every Week They Think You Must Be Starving.