I Stay In Tune With My Family

I Can Work Inside The Boundaries Of Erika Murphy, Or Whoever The Character Is. It's Fun To Create Somebody That's Not You, That Doesn't Exist.

Divorce Is The Hardest Obstacle I've Had To Overcome In My Life. I Would Like To Believe That Most People Don't Get Married Anticipating Divorce. When I Reached That Crossroad, I Felt Like Such A Failure. After Years Of Therapy Together, I Realized That Staying Together Was Emotionally Destructive. My Husband Didn't Want The Divorce, But I Did. So There Was A Lot Of Bitterness Initially. Although We Are Still Divorced, We Still Call Each Other "family." It Was A Journey To Get There, But It's A Beautiful Place To Be.

The Good News For Me Is That I Have An Amazing Team Behind Me, And They've Been With Me For 20 Years Now - Almost 20 Years. And They Have Seen Me As An Actress, Not Necessarily Just A Black Actress. So I Have Been Lucky Enough For Them To See Me That Way.

You Don't Know What Unconditional Love Is. You May Say You Do, But If You Don't Have A Child, You Don't Know What That Is. But When You Experience It, It Is The Most Fulfilling Ever.

I Love My City And I Feel Like The Majority Of The People That Are In The City Are People From Other Cities. So I Think That L.a. Sometimes Might Get A Bad Rap Because It's Known To Be So Hollywood-oriented And Then Underneath That You Have Crime. But That's Really The Case In Pretty Much Any Major City That You Go To.