The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.
I certainly know about the oppression and prejudices of being black and a woman and from the South.
Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
I have been shocked at the number of people who don't watch television.
I read the newspaper, but I live in my own little bubble.
I'm not a natural storyteller at all. If anything, I'm a natural interviewer, a natural listener, but I'm not a natural storyteller.
I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
I'll stop wearing black when they invent a darker color.
I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.
Public radio has always been so powerless.
One trouble with being efficient is that it makes everybody hate you so.
There's a black man inside of me just trying to make bail.
Fool! Nothing but black ink runs through my veins!
Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.
There's no Black, White, Asian, or Latinos. The only "RACE" is the "HUMAN-RACE".
I always wanted to follow in the footsteps of my maternal grandfather, who was a doctor.
I have a Bachelor in medicine, a Bachelor in surgery, and I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Ann Boleyn...a Renaissance Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress.
One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.
