Sanaa Lathan

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

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about.

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.