My Passion Is To Tell

I Wanted To Be In Film. I Wanted To Be A Film Student, Possibly Be A Director Or Cinematographer, Not An Actor. That Was My Goal. I Didn't Believe I Had The Physical Beauty That I'd Seen Projected And Advertised In Movies, In Theater. It Just Wasn't For Me.

I Believe That If We Have To Pay 100 Percent For Our College Tuition, And Then We Get Into The Workplace, And We're Only Given 70 Percent Of Our Counterparts' Salaries, Then We Shouldn't Have To Pay But 70 Percent Of Our College Tuition. Maybe That'll Stop The Bullshit.

Some Day I Want To Play A Grandmother. And A Foxy One At That!

At The Beginning, My Ambition Was Never To Break Down Doors. It Was Just To Earn Tuition For Myself And Work In An Industry Where Women Hadn't Been Allowed Or Invited. That's All I Wanted To Do, Not Thinking That I Would Make Waves, Change Minds, Excite People, Incite People, Turn On People, Repulse People.

That's What He Was Saying, The Civil Rights Movement - Judge Me For My Character, Not How Black My Skin Is, Not How Yellow My Skin Is, How Short I Am, How Tall Or Fat Or Thin; It's By My Character.