My Family Was Very, Very Receptive To

As I Get Older, It's A Time To Enjoy Life.

Does A Black Person Make Them An African American? No. There Are Hispanics That Are Very, Very Dark Skinned So The Word Has Lost Its Meaning, It's Not A Very Concise Or Proper Word To Use Even Today And It Wasn't Then.

Coming From The '50s, Things Were Very Violent. We Were Still Being Lynched. If I Drove Down Through The South With My Mother, I Might Not Make It Through One State Without Being Bullied Or Harassed. I Feel Like Unless You've Been Black For A Week, You Don't Know.

When You Come From An Environment That's Military, And They Don't Stress That Topic Of Aesthetics Or Beauty Pageants And Makeup, There Are A Lot Of Things You Just Don't Have That City Girls Have. Or The Country Girl Who Goes To Movies And Dreams Of Going To Hollywood As An Actress.

I Don't Believe That I Should Just Do A-movies, I Just Do The Work As An Artist.