When you stop to take a minute and look at Queen Latifah's career, she came out of the box right. You know, 'Ladies First!' And she's been consistent with that message of female self-empowerment. She really has!

There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away.

I said, 'I'll give myself two years. If I can't support myself as an actress within two years, then I'll go back to choreography.'

I don't know anyone who's 100 percent pure - nor do I have any interest in portraying anyone like that.

I had this website that, at one point, I listed myself as 'actor, writer, comedian, and fart enthusiast' just because I thought that would be a really clear joke.

All comedy is funny because it tells us truths that we recognise through laughter, but that doesn't mean it can't be unnerving. Think of 'Fawlty Towers'; it can be very, very dark, but by God, it's funny. The two things are not in opposition.

If I tried to do comedy for the rest of my career, I would not be very successful.

I never really considered 'Quantum & Woody' a comedic book or a funny book. I never thought of it as a satire.