I read everything, but particularly, growing up in a household where my mom was black and my dad was white, I remember really loving 'Ebony' and 'Essence.' Those magazines were the only place where I could see images of women who looked like me or my mom.

My mom used to call me 'Oprah' because I was always in a corner crying with somebody. I've always been attracted to storytelling around women's lives.

If you feel that it diminishes your intelligence to be asked about your fashion choices for an evening on the red carpet, so be it.

There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit. The expectations were so low I could blow their head off.

It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.

Busted is not the ideal band I'd like to be in by any stretch of the imagination.

We didn't have a backyard, so as I child, I would turn the coffee table into a stage and put on shows. But it was just a fun thing to do; I never thought about it as a profession. That started as a fluke; my mother had a friend who was an artist with a theater company, and I started going there after school because my mom knew I'd be safe.

The worst thing you can have as an actor is too big an ego. It just kills creativity.