You Can Get Hurt At Any Time.

When You Are An Actor, You Bring A Tool In Your Craft But You Are Not That Person.

I Was A Child Of The Women's Movement. Everything I Had Learned Was From My Mother And My Grandmother, Who Both Had A Very Pioneering Spirit. They Had To, Because They Had To Change Flat Tires And Paint The House - Because, You Know, The Men Didn't Come Home From The War Or Whatever Else, So Women Had To Do These Things.

I Want To Direct And Work With The Youngins And The Fabulous Actors Of Today.

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 Felt Beauty Was A Magnet For Abuse, And I Had Suffered Greatly For It.