Sanaa Lathan Quotes (26 Quotes)

I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.

As different as me and Sigourney look is as different as these two characters are. I'm not filling her shoes. I'm doing a part that has the same monsters, but it's a completely different movie.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish.

If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about.

I started working professionally in '96 and I see an improvement in the amount of work given to my peers, whether it be in TV, theater, or film.

I'm just a wimp when it comes to scary movies. I'm the kind of person that will be up all night wondering what's in my apartment.

I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.

CGI is done after the film is done. It's through the computer. Most of the film is not computer-generated special effects. Most of it is that creature that is in the room with you.

Sometimes when you don't care, people are attracted to that.

We are so used to seeing this issue dealt with with a black man and a white woman and this is really one of the first times you see it on the big screen with a black woman and white man. The difference is it's usually the couple against the world but in this case it's really her. Her friends are really not against her. Her family is really not giving her too much trouble. It's really her own prejudices ... her own struggle with it. This could be a metaphor for doing anything outside of the box that you put yourself in. It could be a relationship with someone of a different religion or dating somebody outside of your class lines ... anything. When you step outside of your 'comfort zone,' how do you deal with that

The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach.

Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.

I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we all had the same agenda.

I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.

People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off.

I love making movies. I love the fact that movies are forever. When I'm 80, my grandkids can see me in Love and Basketball and in Brown Sugar.

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.

I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.

You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.

Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game.

I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

When you have a play, you have to be on every night.

In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started.

When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film.