Family is very important to me. People often ask me how I managed to stay grounded and sane, having started as a child star and growing up in the industry, and really, it's God. But it's also my family and God in my family.

I really enjoy theater. Performing live onstage is helping me to grow as an actress.

I'm not just considered a former child star. I'm not considered a black actress. I'm not considered an actress. I've done roles that were written for men. First and foremost is God: I definitely believe in Him having kind of mapped out what my destiny was going to be.

Directing at seven-and-a-half months pregnant was lots of fun.

What this denomination stands for is, really, is the universal vision of all people being treated fairly under the law as God sees us in His sight.

When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.

If you don't have God in your life, you have to fill up on something. And you usually reach for the four great substitutes, the classical addictions: wealth, pleasure, power, and honor. So you try to fill yourself up.

I spent some time, six months or so, ruminating about the characters before I sat down to write 'Faith'.