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.

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I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to...

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to...

I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation.

I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation.

I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking...

I don't look like Halle Berry. But chances are, she's going to end up looking...

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind...

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind...

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because...

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because...

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically...

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically...

I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.

I used my imagination to make the grass whatever color I wanted it to be.

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

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

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's...

Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's...

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

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

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

And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence...

And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence...

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

Born ham, that's basically me.

Born ham, that's basically me.

When I listen to these women, it makes what I thought were my hard knocks...

When I listen to these women, it makes what I thought were my hard knocks...

I'm fighting the label of Black actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes,...

I'm fighting the label of Black actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes,...

I don't really view communism as a bad thing.

I don't really view communism as a bad thing.

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

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