I do remember being teased by my cousins on my mom's side for not being black enough. And then I'd spend the summer with my dad and be sent to all white summer camps where I was 'that black girl.'

I had a pregnancy that wasn't private... A lot of people had their opinions about it. They were surprised that I came up pregnant, which was a surprise to me, because I'm a woman, and women get pregnant, and Lauren comes first before the actress, so having my son was the best thing that ever happened to me.

So many people think being single is the end of something, but it's really a beginning - a good beginning.

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.

My journey, my life, has not been easy. I have had to fight.

I learned that life is filled with ups and downs and it's just about how you react to them.

I searched for answers to life's meaning and, though I was raised a Presbyterian, I converted to Judaism around 1983.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process.