I Felt Beauty Was A Magnet For

I Never Went In Thinking, "you're An African-american Woman, So You're Never Going To Win." I Was Just In Career Doing Beauty Pageants For The Experience, And To Show My Brains And Talent And Help Break Stereotypes. It Wasn't Like, "oh, I'll Become A Star. I'm Beautiful." I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup. When You Come From An Environment That's Military, And They Don't Stress That Topic Of Aesthetics Or Beauty Pageants And Makeup, There Are A Lot Of Things You Just Don't Have That City Girls Have.

At The Beginning, My Ambition Was Never To Break Down Doors. It Was Just To Earn Tuition For Myself And Work In An Industry Where Women Hadn't Been Allowed Or Invited. That's All I Wanted To Do, Not Thinking That I Would Make Waves, Change Minds, Excite People, Incite People, Turn On People, Repulse People.

Well, Thank You And That's For Them, But For Me, I Want To Look Back At A Body Of Work Where When You Do The Research And You Explore The Psyche Of A Character, Where She's Been, Where She Is And Where She's Going.

Women Are Allowed More Freedoms And We're Fighting For More Freedoms, We're Experiencing More Freedoms Won.

When You Are An Actor, You Bring A Tool In Your Craft But You Are Not That Person.