I Don't Know Why, But I Respond

If You Set Out To Do Something And You Give It Your All And It Doesn't Work Out, Be Willing To Modify Your Goal Slightly. Have The Ability To Look In Another Direction. A Small Shift Could Guide You To The Real Purposes Of Your Life.

I Want To Do Roles That Are Fun And Challenging And I Want To Try Different Things. I Don't Want To Keep Doing Monster's Ball Over And Over And Over Again. I Want To Keep Doing My Career The Way That I Was Doing It Before I Won The Oscar.

Any Time You Risk Big You Often Risk Losing Big. You Can Win Big But You Can Also Lose Big, But You Have To Be Willing To Take Those Risks.

Career Is Important, But Nothing Really Supersedes My Roles As A Mother.

When You Grow Up In That (multi-ethnic) Environment, You See The World Differently. Being A Mixed-race Child, I Didn't Always See Colour In People, I Really Didn't. It Was Other People That Made Me See The Colour All The Time.