“Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.”

“Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.”

“When you want a break from dogs, and you take them to the kennel to the stars, no one thinks you're a bad pet owner. But when you have kids, you can't drop them off for three weeks without someone calling Child Protective Services!”

“I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.”

“I love romantic comedies. They're for me the easiest thing to do and the most natural to do. There's nothing natural about holding an uzi hanging out of a moving van shooting at people. That's not second nature to me, thank God.”

“I've always had an interest in sports across the board.”

“I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.”

“Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.”

“You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.”

“If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.”