People Do See Me As Sweet And

I Was Sheltered, And There's Good And Bad To That. The Good Was Not Getting Into The Drugs And The Alcohol And The Really Sorry Stuff, And The Bad Was Finally Coming Out Into The Real World And Trying To Deal With It, Which Was Hard For Me.

Just Like Marilyn Monroe Is A Lot Of Girls' Idol, That's How I Feel About Dorothy Dandridge. And She Any Marilyn Were Very Close Friends. She Went Through A Lot, And People Told Her That She Couldn't Do Certain Things, But She Didn't Let That Bother Her. She Said In Her Mind That She Was Going To Do Them And That Nothing Was Impossible, And She Did It. It Was So Sad... She Died From Drugs, And Drinking As Well.

I Feel Most People’s Sexuality Is Enormously Complicated. That’s What It Means To Be Human. Wouldn’t It Be Great If We Honored That Complexity Rather Than Turn It Into Gossip Or Ridicule? Wouldn’t It Be Great If We Accepted Sexual Diversity, In Ourselves And Others, Without Condemning It?

Recording Is More Autobiographical Than Acting. It's Me - Either How I'm Feeling Then Or Once Felt At Some Point In My Life. It's All Me.

In 1977, At Age Ten, I Was Cast On The Tv Sitcom 'good Times.' My Character Was Penny, An Abused Child In Desperate Need Of Love. I Really Didn't Want To Do The Show. I Didn't Want To Be Away From My Family.