It's always been my intention to never be boxed in. I never like to do something that it feels like I've done before.
I've boxed many people in their own backyard plenty of times - in China, I boxed a Chinese girl in the final of the world championships, and I've boxed Russians before in their home nation as well.
I'm not the type of person who likes to look backwards. I've always felt compelled to move forward and I've never been one to dwell in the past. All the people I've met, all the places I've been, and all the things that I've done have simply been part of who I am.
I've always been interested in acting because I acted before I did singing.
I've never acted with my father, but we have always connected through music. He has been a great influence musically. He has always been encouraging about my music and is always happy when I sing.
It's fun to look backwards and be like, "Oh, this song never really worked live before but now it will sound cool with this lineup."
I've never acted my age and I never will. It's just the way I've always been.
I never have been an anarchist, I've always had goals and always have acted out of love.
Fashion means never to look too much backwards. It always needs to go forwards.
I've always been very forward-looking, and it was actually kind of difficult to turn my gaze backwards to look at comics history.
A Leica camera is a camera we can keep both eyes open. You can look for the free eye that doesn't look to viewfinder and in all directions. It's like backwards - and sometimes also backwards, and you can look for the viewfinder and see your picture.
Women of color have always been kind of boxed in by the idea that the more you talk about the misogyny of your own community, the more you make that community look bad.
I acted when I was young, but at 19, I had my own theater company where I acted but also directed. I also did some theater in Los Angeles. So I was always wanting to direct, even before I became an established actor.
People who have never boxed before, never worked hard in boxing, and they are starting to come in and people forget about the real boxers.
You never look at the backside of a mirror because when you do, it'll affect your future because you're looking at yourself backwards. No, you're looking at your inner self and you don't recognize it because you've never seen it before.
I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's an athlete. I was always, 'An athlete? Heck no.'