My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's a tendency in this Hollywood machinery to take on too much. You end up not being able to give everything you want.
I've seen a lot of good things and a lot of the bad of what Hollywood can bring. At the end of the day, I've found that when you try and fit in, that's a way to go crazy; you kind of lose yourself. I'm sometimes the different one at the table, but I don't care.
I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors. I'm always so appreciative that this has happened for me - and against all odds - as a middle child from Canada. I'm very grateful.
I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.
You have to be selfish to be an actor.
Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.
Most actors feel only one way. We're just grateful to have a job.
What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.
There's a side to you as an actor, a selfish side, that wants to go on and play different roles.
I think selfishly, as an actor, we always want to do more.