"I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies."

Movies, People, Eyes, Fighting

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"I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies."

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"You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck."

Love

"When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it."

Work

"And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy."

Career

"Normal is in the eye of the beholder."

Eye

"When I listen to these women, it makes what I thought were my hard knocks feel like little nudges."

Woman

"Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good."

Acting

"That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in."

Nature

"Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine."

Machine

"It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do."

Power

"The art of acting is to be other than what you are."

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