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I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.

The strange thing is that since I've been offered lots of films I think that maybe they think that I've sold out to Hollywood. Which is not the case if anybody's listening.

I haven't signed as many films as I'd like to because there are no good roles, as disheartening as it is to say.

I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gotten offers to do the movies, but I won't sell myself short and be in somebody else's movie, like 'Boyz N the Hood.' I don't think I woulda done that.

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.

I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so scared and rebelled, so they threw me out of the studio.

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.

I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film.

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet.