I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth.

I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done.

There was a time, actually, when I hadn't been singing, and I'd lost a lot of my ability. My range had shrunk.

My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down.