I'm A Big Child At Heart. I

I Don't Know How I Did It, But I Worked 7 Days A Week.

Our Culture Is Revered And It Inspires People All Around The Globe.

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.

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 Consider Myself Conscious Of How We're Treated, And Sometimes I Can Be A Feminist.