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I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

I would love to be directed by more women.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive.

The whole series is black-and-white, so when I went to shoot one of the women I only had black-and-white film with me. She had reddish hair and was a very pretty girl, a nice girl.

I didn't even know I would be an actor; I always wanted to be a cameraman.

If you're a female and you get asked by someone who shoots the most beautiful female scenes to be in their film, it's kind of exciting.

The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of strong positive images as far as African Americans are concerned, really turned me on to The Best Man.

I think one day I want to be on the other side of the camera-maybe directing.