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" What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life. "

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" What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him. "

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" People want to see more diversity. That's why you have the Kevin Hart making $17 million dollars on a holiday weekend. "

" I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest. "

" I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is. "

" Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in. "

" I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime. "

" I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite. "

" I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously. "

" Every day that I live, I try to find the beauty in things. "

" No person is just one particular emotion. "

" If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle. "

" The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T. "

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" You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge. "

" I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels. "

" Be happy in your own skin. "

" Being a part of a large family is just like a little society: those who fight to the top of the heap. We relied on each other and still do. They never discouraged me or told me to get a proper job. "

" The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope. "

" I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.' "

" I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will. "

" It baffles me that everything is so homogenized, because the world isn't, and yet we continue to support things that are so incredibly milquetoast. "

" I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed. "

" Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women. "

" I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse. "

" You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer. "

" I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes. "

" If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done. "

" I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me. "

" As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny. "

" I should be married and have 19 kids. And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date. But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision. "

" I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger. "