The First Time I Acted Was In

Memories Are Meant To Fade, Lenny. They're Designed That Way For A Reason.

The Three Things I Said When I Came Out Of School Were I Want To Work Consistently, I Want To Do Good Work And I Want To Be Paid Fairly, And That's Happened. But I Didn't Become An Actress For The Money. I Do It For Other Reasons.

I Look In The Eyes And I See The Heart. As Long As It's A Human Story. I Would Like To Turn On My Television And See African American, Hispanic, Asian As Well As Caucasian. And I Think There Are Probably More People Like Me.

This Is A Career About Images. It's Celluloid; They Last For Ever. I'm A Black Woman From America. My People Were Slaves In America, And Even Though We're Free On Paper And In Law, I'm Not Going To Allow You To Enslave Me On Film, In Celluloid, For All To See.

Don't Settle For Average. Bring Your Best To The Moment. Then, Whether It Fails Or Succeeds, At Least You Know You Gave All You Had. We Need To Live The Best That's In Us.