Sanaa Lathan

“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 wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.”

“I think Hollywood is so driven by money, the people who are making the decisions are not necessarily reflective of the melting pot, so what stories are you going to want to tell? You're going to want to tell stories about yourself.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I'm loving the ingredients that are in Pantene, and it smells so good, and that's important to me. It has cassia and aloe vera. The cassia flower is really good for strengthening hair strands and the aloe is wonderful for moisturizing.”

“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 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.”

“The great thing about the stage is that you have a structured month-long rehearsal period where you're going in every day. You have to have lots of run-throughs with theater because there are no second takes in front of a live audience.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“I love going to the movies and getting Raisinets, a big tub of popcorn and a Coke. That's definitely a guilty pleasure because I can't be doing that all the time.”