Being Strong Can Be Also

Everybody Is Different. I Can Think Of Three Black Men I've Dated And They Couldn't Be More Different From Each Other.

If You're In Love And There's That Chemistry, That's What It's All About.

The Inspiration For This Movie [something New] Was This Newsweek Article That Came Out A Couple Of Years Ago That Talks About 42.4 Percent Of Black Women In America Aren't Married. Black Women Are Shooting Up The Corporate Ladder Way Faster Than Our Black Male Counterparts. And (black Men) Are Either Dating Outside Their Race, In Jail Or Dying. And So If You Want To Have A Family, You Want To Be Married, You Have To Look At Other Options.

My Dad Is A Director/producer And My Mom Is A Dancer; She Performed With Alvin Ailey, But I Didn't Even Think About Becoming An Actress.

Like The Guy I Was Dating. White, Liberal, Educated. I Went To Meet His Family And I Think That They Probably Didn't Know They Had A Problem With It Until He Walked In With Me. And They Definitely Had Issues. Mom Had Issues With It. Could Not, Didn't Want To See Her Son. And I Don't Think She Had Anything Against Me. But It Was About Her Son Bringing Me Home. And I Felt That For The First Time. I Was Like, 'wow, That's Deep.' It's Really Simple: I Don't Fit Their Picture.