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It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair.

I think for women, especially women of colour, hair has so much to do with our identity and our confidence levels. I've made a conscious choice after growing up and feeling insecure and trying to achieve this look that actually wasn't me, where I've finally stopped relaxing my hair and went back to my natural texture.

I don't know, so much of women's femininity is tied up with their hair.

With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.

I understand how important hair is to a woman's self-esteem and confidence.

I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.

Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

From a male perspective, you don't think about how much outward pressure and importance you put on how women look.

Beautiful women get in Hollywood's door quickest and then are shut out when their beauty no longer measures up to whatever it is that Hollywood or audiences decide is beautiful enough; once they're inside, their choices are limited by the same beauty that won them their entree.

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.