“One of the things I’ve realized is how portable God is. No really, He’s everywhere!”

Black-ish is really a show about an American family and these are some of the topics that come up – for all of us, in different ways – and we get to see how this family is walking through it.

I was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go naturally and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don’t work!

There are a ton of foods that are great for you, that’s like an indulgence.

It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.

This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.

The two things that I thought were really interesting about this character [Bow] for me were that she actually loved her husband, and he loved her. The comedy was not coming from the fact that they hated each other. Which is what television couples are usually based on.

Just embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I’m an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.

Self-care of all kinds is a huge part of my life. I really encourage other women and other people to really put self-care – and that includes the beauty regime, how you eat, all of that – into your body.

Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us.

One of the photographers was like, “Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute?”

I’m trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.

My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family.

When you feel happy, you look beautiful.

And it acting was exciting to me. And scary.

I sometimes think to myself, you’re not going to meet a new friend of any kind at home in front of the TV with your DVR. As much as it’s great, and there are so many good shows on TV, and I have great books that I’m reading, get out and interact with people.

Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

I’m not a box kind of gal, so stop trying to make me fit in one.

It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one’s relations when reduced to poverty.

I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.

One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!

The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.

The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.

Saina is not someone special player that I have to win against. It’s not like that I must beat her. She is one of the players.