Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.
If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred.
I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or writing a book, but I'm concerned about our spiritual well-being as a human race. I want to impact people in a way that makes us all reach for our best.
God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self.
I don't think people are too interested in my naked selfie in my bathroom while I'm shaving my legs. It wouldn't even occur to me to even post something that silly.
One good step breeds another one.
Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.
Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have.
Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.
Forty-years-old these days is the beginning of people's lives. I've found myself, I'm confident, I'm mature, I've been through some stuff, I'm ready to write my book.
You shouldn't marry unless the both of you are on the same page on a lot of things. Life is going to deal you blows, and you have to be together. Your values and priorities have to be on the same page; otherwise, it won't work.
Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again?
Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.
I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.
Nobody really knows, but I got a little comedy in me.
You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired.
Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.
Between the kids, the jobs and everything, no matter what color you are, cardio is probably not on the top of your list.
All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up.
Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child's self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night.
My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path.
My daughter has a vivid imagination, and so does my son.
Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children.
When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community.
It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job.
