A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.
An instructor once told me that when there's resistence in your body, it's only because of the resistence in your mind. It's about getting inside the pose. Being the breath.
Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion.
Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.
Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.
I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit.
I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.
I spent a lot of time feeling alienated and rejected.
I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.
I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.
I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.
I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.
I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed.
It makes my stomach sick, although there are some rappers I respect, like MOS DEF.
It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.
It's okay to be a freak.
Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can.
My desire to participate in the business is not to make more crap.
My life is art. Its how I express God.
My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the '60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family.
Once a week we go to juvenile hall and talk to boys there. Just go and spend a day in the juvenile courts.
Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.
Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.
That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice.
The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it.
There's not a lot out there, and what is out there has to be really interesting to make me want to leave my life, which is really precious to me.
We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.
We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.
What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money.
When I was 16 I was fortunate enough to get Cosby and move to New York and shift my whole life. that had been my dream all along, and it came true.
Lisa would like to get more time behind the camera, and is looking to produce and direct a project, hoping to work on an Indie film.
Lisa's favorite authors are: Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Malcom X.
Lisa like to have her tarot cards read each month, and participates in graphing her astrological charts for her and her children.
Lisa enjoys working with arts and crafts, and water colors in her free time.
Lisa was the inspiration for most of Lenny Kravtiz's first album, Let Love Rule, and co-wrote a couple of the songs.
Lisa spends a lot of her time writing in journals that parellel her life's changes. She hopes to one day publish these notes into a autobiography.
Lisa was honored with a hip-hop album dedicated to her called Felt, Vol.2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet, by Slug and MURS. The album was released on June 12, 2005. The album was a lighthearted attempt to resurrect her career as a struggling B-level actress.
Lisa played the role of Epiphany Proudfoot in the contoversial movie Angel Heart in 1987. Her role caused controversy and a few of the steamy scenes had to be cut, to avoid an X-rating. The explicit sex scenes were a cause for concern from the producers of her television sitcom, The Cosby Show. She was initially fired for her appearance at Bill Cosby's insistance, but after threatening legal action, a spin-off series was created for her as a compromise.
In 1986, Lisa Bonet was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at Emmy Awards for the Cosby Show.
She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall. (1.57 m)
Lisa began acting when she was 11 years old, attending many auditions, and appearing in television commercials, before she was discovered for The Cosby Show role of Denise.
She has a nose ring.
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