In a movie script, you know what the moments are that you really have to hit it out of the park.

It was pretty surreal to be auditioning as a kid, and I'd get close to these actors that I really respected. I remember River Phoenix in particular. I met him at an audition hall or something.

I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young.

I pretty much lived movie to movie in my younger years because I loved spending money, and I didn't really have a concept of 'assets,' but as I got a little older, I bought art.

Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.

I grew up in the U.K. and now reside in the United States, and my family is from Ghana.

My family don't listen to R&B - never have, never will. They only listen to gospel. That's where I get my voice from. I got a gospel voice.

There is no day more joyful in my life than when I see all my family around me. That's the best it gets.