I Don't Want To Be An Actress,

Driving A Cab Is Not Really A Nurturing Type Of Relationship. You Take People And They Tip You, They May Not Tip You, You Don't Know Their Names, They Don't Care About You, You Don't Care About Them.

I'm Not A Total Feminist, But I Believe In Rights For Females.

I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup.

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.

I Never Went In Thinking, "you're An African-american Woman, So You're Never Going To Win." I Was Just In Career Doing Beauty Pageants For The Experience, And To Show My Brains And Talent And Help Break Stereotypes. It Wasn't Like, "oh, I'll Become A Star. I'm Beautiful." I Never Thought I Was Pretty. I Couldn't Even Put On Eyelashes Or Makeup. When You Come From An Environment That's Military, And They Don't Stress That Topic Of Aesthetics Or Beauty Pageants And Makeup, There Are A Lot Of Things You Just Don't Have That City Girls Have.