If You're Not Taking Care Of Yourself,

That's The Most Important Thing In Art: To Be Aware, Pay Attention, Be Inspired - But It Should Come Ultimately From You.

Beauty Is When You Can Appreciate Yourself. When You Love Yourself, That's When You're Most Beautiful.

I'm A New Yorker; I've Paid My Dues.

I Think It [my First Heartbreak] Probably Just Taught Me That You Will Always Heal. That This Too Shall Pass. The First Time You Feel That Sort Of Pain, You Think It's Never Going To Go Away. Once You Do Survive It, You Realize You Can Survive Anything.

I Had Talked To My Agent A Lot Over The Years About Not Being Interested In Stereotypical "black Films" [because] I Didn't Like The Way They Were Representing Black People Over And Over And Over Again In The Same Way.