“Submitting myself for awards feels like a weird kind of horn-blowing t...” — Jane Elliot Quote

“Submitting myself for awards feels like a weird kind of horn-blowing that's not comfortable for me. I'm really happy when someone likes my work, but I don't like marketing myself, putting myself on display.”

“We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.”

“I don't have a Twitter account. I don't go to fan club gatherings. I'm not one of those actors who spends a lot of time engaging with the audience.”

“I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.”

“I watch the Cannes awards ceremony because I relate more to the films that are competing in Cannes than the ones competing for the Oscars.”

“Films with predominantly white casts can come in any form, tell any story, big or small. For black films, you have the light, fluffy rom-coms or 'Madea' movies, and then you have the black-torture awards movie.”