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" Seven years after my mother's passing, I still reach for the phone for a split second to call her. We spoke every day. "

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" My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now. "

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" All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it. "

" Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title. "

" I'm trying to conquer swimming. I'm getting there. I've gotta conquer it. I had a fear of drowning and tunnels and flying. I started flying and got my pilot's license, so I conquered that. Now, I'm onto swimming and tunnels. "

" Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive. "

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" After Obama became president, I realized that black people could not have put him in the White House - it had to be a collective effort of everybody in the country. "

" I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood. "

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" You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in. "

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" My father who was there in the house, he wasn't at all a role model. And my mother, who was trying to protect me from him as best she could, she took me everywhere with her, which gave me a tremendous amount of sensitivity to the things women go through. "

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" I love a good breakfast - grits and eggs, French toast, turkey bacon. My grandmother on my father's side used to make tea cakes, and her breakfasts were unbelievable. There was fresh ham, and she would go out to the yard to get fresh eggs. She lived in rural Louisiana, and we'd spend summers with her. "

" There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible. "