Growing up in New Orleans and just being in a poverty-stricken neighborhood gave me that same fire that Eazy had to separate himself from what could have ended up being such a bad situation.

Growing up in New Orleans helped me live a real life. I experienced so many things.

As crazy as it may sound, it's like my tranquil place, where I sit, and I have my candy for a minute, and I just space out, and it's just me and my candy.

I definitely have a lot of different layers inside of me.

I have a dark sense of humor.

I'd always been quite wary of doing a romantic comedy. They all seem the same to me.

As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.