 Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion. |
| It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness. |
| I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them. |
| I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed. |
| My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap. |
| A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk. |
| What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money. |
| Once a week we go to juvenile hall and talk to boys there. Just go and spend a day in the juvenile courts. |
| My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the '60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family. |
| When I was 16 I was fortunate enough to get Cosby and move to New York and shift my whole life. that had been my dream all along, and it came true. |
| I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career. |
| That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice. |
| Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can. |
| Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears. |
| Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino. |
| I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up. |
| An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath. |
| The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it. |
| We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades. |
| I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit. |
