I'm fighting the label of "Black" actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.

An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.

. . . what I am is a humanist before anything -- before I'm a Jew, before I'm black, before I'm a woman. And my beliefs are for the human race -- they don't exclude anyone.

(Walker) told black women that they don't have to be less than they are capable of being. I try to uphold that standard.

Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African.

Most people still have this idea that if you're doing what is considered a sport you don't get to be a girl. You get to be a tomboy, which is one of those words that I actually hate.