“We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to work with the amazing Forest Whitaker again. It's a phenomenal script and a great, great role - I play his son. Oprah Winfrey is his wife and my mother. My character is a radical civil rights activist.”

“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.”

“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.”

“As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.”

“Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”

“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

“I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.”

“I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.”

“The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.”

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”

“I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.”

“What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.”

“I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.”

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.”

“You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

“What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.”

“Be thankful for what you have you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”

“What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.”