I Hope I Just Continue To Be

I Remembered That Throughout My Growing Up And Education And Pursuing My Dreams And Desires, Going Into Acting, And, Of Course, Getting Through Yale University And On And On And On, That Being Average, Being Mediocre Was Not An Option That You Should Be Proud Of.

When I Was In School, My Mother Stressed Education. I Am So Glad She Did. I Graduated From Yale College And Yale University With My Master's And I Didn't Do It By Missing School.

This Is A Career About Images. It's Celluloid; They Last For Ever. I'm A Black Woman From America. My People Were Slaves In America, And Even Though We're Free On Paper And In Law, I'm Not Going To Allow You To Enslave Me On Film, In Celluloid, For All To See.

Don't Settle For Average. Bring Your Best To The Moment. Then, Whether It Fails Or Succeeds, At Least You Know You Gave All You Had. We Need To Live The Best That's In Us.

Maybe If You're Younger You Have More Energy - But That's A Big Maybe. Because At This Stage Of Life, I Have More Patience, Understanding, Wisdom, Resources - And A Husband. I Didn't Get Him Until I Was 39. But I Got A Good One.