My People Were Homesteading In

I'm Just Going To Try To Do The Best Work At Whatever I'm Going To Be, And I Don't Think I'm Going To Be An Actress.

Well, Thank You And That's For Them, But For Me, I Want To Look Back At A Body Of Work Where When You Do The Research And You Explore The Psyche Of A Character, Where She's Been, Where She Is And Where She's Going.

Yes, You Can Have Art Films About The Triumph Of The Human Spirit And All Of That, But You'll Have It Done With A Big-budget Icon With A $20 Million Salary. You'll Have Julia Roberts, You'll Have Robert Redford, You'll Have Russell Crowe Doing Those Films, Because If They're Going To Cost $90 Million, They're Going To Make That Movie For A Public That's Very Large And Mainstream. They're Not Going To Make It For Three Or Four Million Black People.

Me, Sexy? I'm Just Plain Ol' Beans And Rice.

Struggle And Survival, Losing And Winning, Doesn't Matter. It's Entering The Race That Counts. You Enter, You Can Win, You Can Lose .... But It's All About Entering The Race.