You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

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I'm fighting the label of ""Black"" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.

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It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

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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.

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When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it.

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I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

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And I don't believe that I have to stay on one side of the fence or the other. I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy.

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