Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.

I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.

For some reason and I don't know why, but I don't think that I'm funny in California. So I always want to do my movies east somewhere.

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.

I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.