Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.
Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.
My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.
When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act.
And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.
When the boy's mother found out they were in a documentary, she lost it. She was fine with them adopting him and raising him, but not with them being in a documentary.
I've got my own future and my own life and it's positive and I feel blessed, so I'm going to do what I need to that's in my best interests.
What's so interesting is that the Aborigine language is all handed down from generation to generation - it's not a written language.
So many comics have such low self-esteem.
Just generation after generation of people singing and performing and all that artistic and creative outflow had to go somewhere.
I have to approach my life in this way so I can do what I need to do, and do it very well.
This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.
If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.
This is an idea that should have come a long time ago.
My family is very theatrical.
I've played piano and guitar when I was younger.
My driving force is spirituality.
I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.
People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves.
Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.
We always performed for our church, but we also just performed whenever the family got together.
I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.
Black people are very discreet. You can't be a vice president of a Wells Fargo bank and be out if you're black. You can't do that.
There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.
I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now.
It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.
I was a shy little girl, nothing like what I am now.
I hated stand-up.
Voice is my instrument.
Watched Star Wars in 77 and that's when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.
I got an early education from television.
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