My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa.

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song.

I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

When you have faith in something, it’s your reason to be alive and to fight for it.

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me.

I wasn't concerned about the hardships because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.

In knowing how to overcome little things, a centimeter at a time, gradually when bigger things come, you're prepared.

A creative person has to #‎ create .

I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.

Thus, in the boy’s mind, drink and destruction braided together. Intoxication, he concluded, was a swift and effective catalyst for havoc.

Loyalty. We're still loyal to the United States of America. Why? Because we too are Americans. We don't agree, but we will show our loyalty by our obedience.

At the end of human

For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a sentence, how to continue it, how to complete it.

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In real life I'm obviously a lot more shy, but once I'm on set and in costume and I'm hidden behind the person I'm playing I feel quite free to experiment.

Tell me, how do you cope so calmly With crazy youth's arrogant way? Indeed, youth would be insufferable, Had I myself not also been insufferable.

Desmond Mason is one of my best friends in the world. And he's a great, great talent.

Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course.

A series is filled with compromises.