My Partner Is A Frenchman, So I

When I Was Younger, Living In An All-black Neighborhood The Other Kids Thought I Was Better Than Them Because Of My Light Skin And Straight Hair. Then We Moved To An All-white Neighborhood And That Was A Culture Shock ... I'd Been Used To Being Around All Black Kids.

I See Women In Their 30s Getting Plastic Surgery, Pulling This Up And Tucking That Back. It's Like A Slippery Slope - Once You Start You Pull One Thing One Way And Then You Think, 'oh My God, I've Got To Do The Other Side.'

I Used To Believe That If My Career Was Going Great, Then I Was Not Entitled To A Great Personal Life. Well, I've Stopped Thinking That Way. I Believe I Can Have It All.

I Never Put Myself In That Box Of You're An Oscar Winner So You Can Only Do This Or That. That's One Award, One Night, And It Does Not Define My Career Or It Does Not Define Me As An Artist. I Never Wanted To Get Put In That Oscar Box Because That's A Lonely Place To Be.

I've Become Really Comfortable With My Sexuality And Making No Excuses For It Anymore.