I love science fiction.

I love the hip-hop nation.

You can get hurt at any time.

Out of necessity comes genius.

I like to do all kinds of films.

Thats what I crave that diversity.

As I get older, it's a time to enjoy life.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

Sometimes I'm angry, sometimes I'm not angry.

I am really blessed and very grateful for it.

You never know how people are going to respond.

I'm still trying to do films about black women.

Coming from the '50s, things were very violent.

Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell.

My passion is to tell stories that reflect humanity.

But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.

I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

Some day I want to play a grandmother. And a foxy one at that!

I'm not a total feminist, but I believe in rights for females.

If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.

I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.

I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.

My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.

Our culture is revered and it inspires people all around the globe.

Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.

I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.

I never thought I was pretty. I couldn't even put on eyelashes or makeup.

I was kind of a bouncy kid. I used to roller-skate into the sides of cars.

I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.

I want to direct and work with the youngins and the fabulous actors of today.

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.

When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person.

I consider myself conscious of how we're treated, and sometimes I can be a feminist.

It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers.

Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.

You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.

There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.

Anything involving the camera, you're passionate about. Because there's no movies without it.

I don't want to be an actress, because I think that they have to be really pretty, and I'm not.

I'm a big child at heart. I think it's important to stay that way and not lose the wonder of life.

Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.

I will not be on this planet. I may come back in another form, and you know, I'll come back as a white man.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

I think people will have great conversations about religions, women's sexuality, gender issues and gay issues.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

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