The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.

They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.

Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.

When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.

When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.

You can't be hesitant about who you are.

Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.

I don't have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn't love me has to say about me.

All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.

When someone tries to make you happy, that is a true sign of love.

Water drops erode mountains not because of their size, but their persistence.

If you walk with the Creator, He will give you wisdom.

This was all horribly wrong. This was red wine with fish. This was a man wearing a dinner jacket and brown shoes. This was as wrong as things get.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you can't recall it, forget it).

You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation.

The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.

I totally love to act. I don't care if it's a musical, a comedy. I just like to work and interact with other people.