Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.
My mom and I had the same vision, and we want the same things. We would always make a goal list every year.
I like getting to be in the adult world a little bit and then getting to be in the mom world and cook dinners. And, for me, that balance is what makes it nice.
My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman.
When I was 9, I asked my mom if I could be on TV. She was like, 'Well, okay. You can try.'
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.
My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be an actress, and that certainly made things easier and more fun.
If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything.
Chanel No. 5 is my perfume when I'm feeling like a lady. It's old-school and warm - and it reminds me of my mom.
This is actually something no one knows, but my mom was really the one who created the entire style for 'Teen Witch.' I'm dead serious.
I learned to cook from my mom. Most of what I ate growing up was Italian cooking.
I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl.
I've always been adventurous. In the summertime, my mom would lock me outside of the house and say, 'Do something, and come back later.'
My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong.
If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss.
My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.
In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing.
When I'm feeling a little empty in the head, I like to go see movies or read to loosen things up there.
When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.
I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.
