That`s what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It`s by my character.

I am really blessed and very grateful for it.

I love the hip-hop nation.

I love science fiction.

I can`t talk about myself. I just can`t. I know I`ve influenced people, and I`m proud of that. But as I see it, I really haven`t done anything. I haven`t saved anybody from a burning building. Foxy Brown actually approached me at the start of her career to ask if she could use the name. I told her, `You didn`t need to ask.` If you`re an independent woman, every woman is Foxy Brown. - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 7, 2006

I like to do all kinds of films.

My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.

Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it`s not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn`t then.

Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.

I don`t know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.

Film and television is the bulk of my work. I get my personal fulfillment from theater; plays are where you can take chances and really work with the moment. Movies and TV just aren`t like that.

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don`t make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.

Well, thank you and that`s for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she`s been, where she is and where she`s going.

And as I reinvent myself and I`m constantly curious about everything, I can`t wait to see what`s around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.

I really do not care if it is a B-movie or not.

Well who`s black and what is a black person?

Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don`t know their names, they don`t care about you, you don`t care about them.

This whole beauty thing is something I`ve never comprehended.

I grew up in a family where we weren`t allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

Yeah, but people aren`t comfortable with a woman who looks very masculine or rides a motorcycle or wears leather or has facial hair or has short hair.

It`s always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers.

Women are allowed more freedoms and we`re fighting for more freedoms, we`re experiencing more freedoms won.

It makes me forget that I`m not going to be a major star and lead female in films whether it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five or in the future.

There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.

I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.

Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

But I just loved looking at the clothes of the `70s.

I`ve never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don`t.

The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.

You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you`re going to be on the bottom.

Oh, there`s going to be debate because you`re dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.

I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.

As long as my arms and legs are working, as long as I have my sense of sight and sound, as long as I can just breathe, then that`s beautiful.

I`m an Air force Brat and I`ve lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.

Me, sexy? I`m just plain ol` beans and rice.

I don`t believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.