Gabrielle Union

“After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it's left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There's just not a ton of work in film.”

“There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand.”

“Before I got married, I dated the gamut.”

“I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.”

“I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.”

“You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.”

“Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.”

“I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.”

“There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black.”

“I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.”

“I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else. Maybe I'll open up a chain of Popeye's Chicken.”

“I like meat and carbohydrates.”

“My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.”

“You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.”

“Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.”

“You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.”

“I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!”

“All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked!”

“If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.”

“I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.”