Quotes

Everybody has those stories that make them wince when they think about them silently. But as soon as you tell that story, it becomes a little bit less cringe-inducing.

I love New Orleans. I did a movie there right before Katrina.

I'd be plenty happy if I could keep playing scientists and cops for the rest of my career.

I can't say that there's been some big change during my career where all of a sudden everything's totally colorblind.

I try to do more intelligent roles, unusual roles, and stronger women, and that's helped me a little bit with my casting opportunities.

After 40, your chances of getting pregnant are between two and eight percent, and in my particular case, they were less than five percent.

I married my husband because I loved him, and I don't feel like there's anybody missing from our marriage, but when you think about this person that you love, and you think about what a wonderful thing it would be to bring another person like that into this world, I think that's the hardest part about all of it.

I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.

I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don't tell me how I need to be in order to fit your standards.

Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.

My goal is definitely to direct features - action movies, that's my favorite genre. So I would love to do the 'Halo' movie.

I'm, like, a binge gamer.

I think, like most gamers, I talk a good game.

I can't control what's fair and unfair. I can't control the nature of the business or the nature of society or the nature of the world, but what I can control is how I choose to see the world and what I choose to put back into it.

I believe in hard work. I think that everything flows out of that.

I hated, when I was a kid, being told that 'Black people don't do that.' And the white kids at school didn't accept me because I was black, and the black kids in my neighborhood didn't accept me because they thought I thought I was white.

We were poor. My mother got our clothes out of the free box at the church, you know? So much of when you're a kid is about relating about what you watch on TV. And who's got these cooler shoes, and 'Let's trade lunches.' And I was just like, 'I don't have a television. I have a rock and a piece of tofu.'

For a little while, my mom was a school teacher. And I went to the school that she taught.

My dad, he was a construction worker. He was a butcher. He was a deep sea fisherman.

A lot of people try to control how you access gaming. You know, they're trying to prevent people from buying games.

I used to worry that if I wasn't having a dynamic life, then I wouldn't have anything to talk about.

I think art comes out of meaningful experiences, and it's hard to make art when your meaningful experience is getting into your electric car and driving from your fancy house in the Hills to your fancy job in the Valley.

I think the thing I fear most in life is waking up one day and not feeling challenge - feeling ambivalent or glib about what I have to do that day.

As a comedian, it really gelled when I started doing standup. Because standup is so much about bravery, especially in the early days. There is no doubt that it is going to go terribly for you over and over and over again. But you cannot get funny without bombing.

Once we decided not to get pregnant, I snapped back into work mode, and now I have just been really enjoying my career.