He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies.
“I want to do a little bit of everything. I want to play a good, strong female character.”
“You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.”