“I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Dav...” — Essie Davis Quote

I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.

I wanted to be an actor, but only because I wanted to be everything, and that was the only way I could be a marine biologist as well.

As soon as you become a parent, everyone gives you their parenting advice. It's like an onslaught of information about how other people do it.

Most mothers think they are bad mothers. We all make terrible mistakes, often, and always think we're getting it wrong.

There's something great about being on location with a bunch of people - there's a camaraderie and intimacy that builds up over time.

I remember plastering the kitchen with Black Power pictures of Angela Davis.

I was supposedly named after the Bette Davis character in 'The Letter' by my sister.

So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us.

Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader.

Now is a good time, 10 years ago would have been a good time, and 10 years from now it will still be a good time to see a dynamic, entertaining movie that's wall-to-wall Miles Davis where the music will hopefully spark some desire to know more about the man.