My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition.
When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.
I've always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized and labeled, and I think labels are for food. Canned food.
I follow Elle Fanning's career. I really like to follow actors who are a similar age to me. Just to see what they're up to.
In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age - as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
I always sort of swooned at the sight of the classic barn structures in central and northern Minnesota, where everything seemed rustic and weathered and made to age gracefully.
It's really difficult to maintain a credible career as you jump from age group to age group and suddenly you're not the flavor of the month anymore; you're not in demand.
My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama.
My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.
The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.
At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle. It's a hard feeling to shake off. Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.
'Certainly Men of a Certain Age' was different for me and allowed people to see me in a different light. Maybe that opened up minds a little bit.
My career as an actor started when I was six years old, taking dancing lessons. Then I started getting paid jobs to dance at the age of seven.
I saw things at an early age because my mom was a theater actress. I did a play with her when I was 10 years old.
I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series.
It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.
I don't know. I think it's funny! I think it's funny! I go, what? It's so absurd. I'm alone.
I know some amazing actors who are not mortified every moment of the day, so my feeling is that maybe you don't have to be a wreck to be good.
