These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.
We live in a thinly veiled misogynistic society.
Any obsession is dangerous.
I like the way my own feet smell. I love to smell my sneakers when I take them off.
To Craig's [ Brewer] credit, I felt totally safe on the set [of Black Snake Moan]. And because I felt safe, Sam[L. Jackson] had to protect me. He got upset at all the physical stuff Craig wanted me to do. When I start doing stuff like that, all the screaming and running, I kinda go out of my head. I'm not necessarily in my own body anymore.
Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.
We might all be so afraid to be who we are, but in the end, it's really you're individual, unique qualities that make you attractive to people.
There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.
I think art, if it's meaningful at all, is a conversation with other artists. You say something, they say something, you move back and forth.
Every thought you entertain is a force that goes out, and every thought comes back laden with its kind.
I think more to the point, these pivotal times means something other than a politician. I understand the economy. I understand the world. I have a lot of foreign policy experience. I understand bureaucracies. I understand technology, and I understand leadership.