Paula Patton

“As a little girl I always dreamed of having a cosmetics contract, which was the cherry on top of 'making it' in my opinion.”

“I'm not in a mood to fight for things. I feel excited about my career, and I really feel like anything's possible and within my reach.”

“Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different filmmakers, actors, producers etc. It's a very difficult business. There aren't a lot of Africans Americans or people of color in high positions in Hollywood that we can green-light films.”

“If you have the capacity to love, you have the capacity to love anyone.”

“There's one person that you would give up your life for, and that's your child.”

“I've always wanted to do a romantic comedy.”

“I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.”

“A movie is painting, it's photography, it's literature - because you have to have the screenplay - it's music. Put a different soundtrack to a comedy and it's a tragedy. A movie combines all those forms and forces you to pay attention for two hours with a group of people.”

“For me, anything that you take on, you want to be challenged. That's what makes the job exciting.”

“I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.”

“First off let me say, I've wanted to be an actress since I was a little girl.”

“The older I get, the more I accept and appreciate myself.”

“I want to be inspired, and I want to hopefully do work that moves people as well.”

“I want a man, but I want a man that also wants to embrace his inner child.”

“I believe there's fate, and then you have personal choice. I believe we have the ability to change our fate.”