My parents got divorced when I was about ten years old, but I saw my mom go work two and three jobs to make sure we didn't miss a beat.

I want to do projects that speak to people, things that inspire change, and projects that help people grow and help me grow in the process.

I love watching comedies. It's my favorite thing to watch and it always lifts my spirits.

I'm really just expressing myself in every different stage of my life.

I'm preparing to be a mother one day and I really wanted to get inside the mind of a mom.

There are mothers that feel they made a mistake by having a kid at a very young age and they didn't get to live their life.

Because of my acting career, I've had to bounce from city to city and get in the groove in the studio.

Destiny's Child was a part of me; I was blessed to even have that experience, but this is me doing my thing and that's all I can do.

I'm very focused on projects that help people, not just help me.

The wisdom of our ancestors is immortal.

God does not require from you empty words or idle conversations

TV and film has defined my entire life.

What are you smiling at?’ - ‘Oh, nothing much. Just my hero

There's always such a rush to judgment. It makes a fair trial hard to get.

Know what you want, decide when you want it, figure your plan of action, follow through on it, and never doubt.

A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.

Perspective should be learned - and then forgotten. The residue - a sensitivity to perspective - helps perception, varying with each individual and determined by his responsive needs.

One wants to see the artifice of the thing as well as the subject.

If you really want to be successful and you really want to be happy, don't have a job, have a purpose. ...When you've got a purpose, the whole world is your office.