I think Nina Simone has had an amazing journey. She was spicy and she had attitude and she didnt care, she wanted her money in a paper bag and dont mess with me and Ive been doing some research on that so. – Nia Long
I said Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this. He said, oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, dont worry about it. But theyre not. – Nia Long
I know for me like I have a reputation of being kind of tough, I have a reputation of also being the girl next door, kind of sweet but I have standards and my thing is, its me on that screen and I dont have control over everything in this and Im grateful and thankful. – Nia Long
I have a beautiful son, I dont regret it, Im very proud of the way that we handle our relationship and the way that we keep our son first and thats our priority. – Nia Long
Ive created, directed and choreographed for Lady Gaga since the beginning, so Born This Way, this was musically such an amazing evolution and such a brilliant record. So when she played it for me, it took me a while to find out the visual interpretation that I could give back to her. – Laurieann Gibson