I was working straight for nine months and I`m exhausted. I`m ready to relax for a little while and read. I don`t want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.

In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started.

I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish.

As different as me and Sigourney look is as different as these two characters are. I`m not filling her shoes. I`m doing a part that has the same monsters, but it`s a completely different movie.

I`ll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can`t replace that with anything.

I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.

I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn`t like we all had the same agenda.

I love making movies. I love the fact that movies are forever. When I`m 80, my grandkids can see me in Love and Basketball and in Brown Sugar.

Sometimes when you don`t care, people are attracted to that.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach.

I started working professionally in `96 and I see an improvement in the amount of work given to my peers, whether it be in TV, theater, or film.

When you`re on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It`s just not as big as when you see it on film.

I`m just a wimp when it comes to scary movies. I`m the kind of person that will be up all night wondering what`s in my apartment.

Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game.

I wouldn`t want anyone to destroy the earth.

To make a movie is very grueling at times. Long, long hours and cold weather.

If you`re in love and there`s that chemistry, that`s what it`s all about.

I didn`t get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.

Being strong can be also feminine. I don`t think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy.

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.

When you have a play, you have to be on every night.

People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off.

You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.

CGI is done after the film is done. It`s through the computer. Most of the film is not computer-generated special effects. Most of it is that creature that is in the room with you.

"I grew up in the business. My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer, she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn`t even think about becoming an actress."