My Family Was Very, Very Receptive To

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've Never Considered Myself To Be Beautiful, And I Still Don't.

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

I'm In Film School, So I Really Have To Sock Away My Money For School, Tuition, And So On, And I Really Don't Have Time.

Coming From The '50s, Things Were Very Violent. We Were Still Being Lynched. If I Drove Down Through The South With My Mother, I Might Not Make It Through One State Without Being Bullied Or Harassed. I Feel Like Unless You've Been Black For A Week, You Don't Know.