The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.

We are not women of color. I am a woman with skin of color. I am not an ethnicity, but a skin tone. That's why my book covers everything from a blond and blue-eyed Brazilian to a woman from the Philippines who may be as dark as I am.

This country has really moved on to a more multicultural way of thinking, ... I just want to celebrate the women. Sure this is all about makeup, but it's also about some other things that are more deeply rooted. I just want to open a dialogue where we can talk about these things, where we can define our own beauty and approve of ourselves. We have to approve of ourselves before anyone else will. Women need to celebrate their God-given beauty instead of always trying to be something else.

Sportspersons have to reinvent themselves every day. It helps them improve.

Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.

My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.