Sanaa Lathan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film.”

“You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.”

“I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.”

“I love going to the movies and getting Raisinets, a big tub of popcorn and a Coke. That's definitely a guilty pleasure because I can't be doing that all the time.”

“I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.”

“I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we all had the same agenda.”

“In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started.”

“I've never gotten any complaints about my headscarf from a man. You can be sexy with a head wrap!”

“If someone has already done a role I'm about to do, I won't watch the original until after I'm finished playing the role.”