“I don't have pet peeves I have whole kennels of irritation.”
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We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.
Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.
I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.
I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.