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My Dad Is A Director/producer And My Mom Is A Dancer; She Performed With Alvin Ailey, But I Didn't Even Think About Becoming An Actress.

I Come From The Theater, And I've Done A Lot Of Character Work In The Theater, But Hollywood Stuff In Film And Tv, They've Been More Leading Lady/ingenue Type Roles.

I Don't Know If It's More Acceptable Or If Black Men Are More Comfortable. Black Men Certainly Are More Comfortable With It. I Don't Know That Society, Like White Society Loves It Or Black Women. When You See A Black Man With A White Woman There Is A Feeling That You Have And I Think The Feeling Is An Instinctual Feeling Of You Want Her You Don't Want Me. I Don't Look Anything Like Her, So You Don't Like. You Know What I Mean? Something Like That. It's A Real Instinctual Primal Thing.

I've Never Gotten Any Complaints About My Headscarf From A Man. You Can Be Sexy With A Head Wrap!

I Think Hollywood Is So Driven By Money, The People Who Are Making The Decisions Are Not Necessarily Reflective Of The Melting Pot, So What Stories Are You Going To Want To Tell? You're Going To Want To Tell Stories About Yourself.