Kym Whitley

I've thought my show would be a sitcom or a talk show. Never in a million years would I have thought my show would be docu-series/reality because you always think reality is something crazy.

I saw Nichelle Nichols in 'Truck Turner,' and she was so good.

A woman is a woman. A woman has male problems, has job problems, and I think funny is funny.

Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.