Every Actress Hopes To Play

I Don't Think It's A Bad Thing To Play A Character That's Not Necessarily A Super-woman. Even If The Character Is A Little Bit Stereotypical, As Long As The Whole Story Is Good And Positive, Or Makes Some Sort Of Important Statement, I Think It's Okay. But, On The Whole, You Can't Just Do That, Especially As A Black Woman. It's More Of A Responsibility. You've Gotta Let The World See Black Women Being Successful, Strong, Smart, With Power And Who Are Self-possessed.

I'd Never Gotten To Do An Accent For Anything That I've Done, So That Was Really Appealing Because I Love Doing Accents. Ever Since I Was A Kid, I Made It My Business To Try To Mimic Foreign Accents, So It Was Really Fun To Be Able To Do That. I Was Really Working On The Accent To Try To Make It Really Good.

I Did Do A Little Research. I Went To A Couple Really Fantastic Strip Clubs With Really Talented Dancers, Just In Terms Of Their Physical Prowess. For The Scene, There Was A Whole Dance Routine That I Had To Do, So I Worked With A Pole Dance Instructor Who Helped Me Choreograph A Number For That Scene. We Broke Down The Principles Of Pole Dancing, For Three Days, For An Hour A Day.

I Think It's Important To See That, As An Audience Member, Because A Lot Of Times You Pass Judgement On People, Right Off The Bat, Depending On Whatever They're Involved In Or The People They Surround Themselves With, Or Something Like That.

I Always Like An Environment Where Theres Lots Of Women And Everyones Different.