My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students.
As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive.
I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.
I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.
Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: Does it never end?
Todd Blackburn: Well, I'm here to kick some ass.
McKnight: [over the radio] Get us off this fucking street!
Nelson: The Humvees ain't coming back for us, dude.
Thomas Leroy: This is your moment, Nina. Don't let it go.
Lily: What are you going to do? Run home to mommy?
Pas de quatre dancer: [Coming offstage after the pas de quatre] We sucked!
In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.
My name is Arsenio. That's a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy.
And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country.
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie.
We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.
The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.
I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.
When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
I've been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was black.
From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer.
