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I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

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My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did.

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The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.

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The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

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This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.

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