"There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot ..." — Queen Latifah

I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.

I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.

As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out there and be courageous even to be a rapper. So, to step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make.

I'm not one of those people who wake up chatting. I usually don't want to speak for the first 10 or 20 minutes. And I don't really want you to talk to me either!