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I Wanted To Play Roles Which Offered New Ways Of Viewing Black Women And Black People In General- And I Have Done That. And I Have Always, Whether I Needed To Pay The Rent Or Not, I've Always Turned Down Roles Which I Thought Were Stereotypical. And So When I Look At My Body Of Work In That Respect, I Am Really Happy. Because I Feel My Work Does Say Something Positive And That Was What I Always Set Out To Do.

For Some Reason I Just Lack That Ability To Be Embarrassed About Going Up To People. I Even Do It For Friends If They Want To Ask Someone Out.

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One Of The Saddest Aspects For Me About Filming In South Africa Was That The Real Inequalities Are Still Very Much In Place - And Those Are Economic Inequalities.