No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. Not when the enemy is me.
You never know how people are going to respond.
That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.
Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose. . . . but it's all about entering the race.
I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.
Yes, you can have art films about the triumph of the human spirit and all of that, but you'll have it done with a big-budget icon with a $20 million salary. You'll have Julia Roberts, you'll have Robert Redford, you'll have Russell Crowe doing those films, because if they're going to cost $90 million, they're going to make that movie for a public that's very large and mainstream. They're not going to make it for three or four million black people.
And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day.
I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.
I think 'fan' implies somebody who's submissive, sycophantic, in awe of everything you're doing.