What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Having the ability to get up in the morning with no deadlines. Walk a mile just before the sun rises; yoga after that. Eat a healthy breakfast with my coffee, sit down with a book, and start a new canvas.
What is your greatest fear?
Oversleeping on the biggest day of a film: when the number one star has a new costume to establish.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Rosa Parks.
Which living person do you most admire?
My older sister, Debbie.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I can’t say no to ice cream after a meal.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Miscommunication and lack of initiative.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Gucci pajamas.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Virginity.
On what occasion do you lie?
During the questionnaire that my doctor gives me.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Honestly, nothing. I’ve accepted who I am inside and out.
Which living person do you most despise?
Anybody who hurts a child.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My dog, Coqui.
When and where were you happiest?
At the Pyramids in Egypt on the set of Malcolm X.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Picking the winning lottery numbers.
What is your current state of mind?
Peaceful bliss.
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
That they would take care of themselves and each other more.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Paying off my mother’s house and seeing my designs in my current traveling exhibition.
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
A thing. I’d come back as an ocean.
What is your most treasured possession?
My Oscars.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Boredom.
Where would you like to live?
At home; I’m always on the road.
What do you most value in your friends?
Humor and intellect.
Who are your favorite writers?
Ryan Coogler and Shonda Rhimes.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
The Dora Milaje, or “Adored Ones”—the all-female elite warriors that serve as the bodyguards to the Black Panther and protectors of the nation of Wakanda.
What are your favorite names?
Zinzi, Yara.
What is it that you most dislike?
When people aren’t truthful about their abilities and I buy into it.
How would you like to die?
In my sleep.
What is your motto?
Trust your voice.
