Sanaa Lathan: Isn’t Into Being Famous: The people that you see out everywhere all the time — they’re definitely seeking that.

Sanaa Lathan

She adds:

You can’t shut it out completely. You’re not gonna hole yourself up and be a hermit. I definitely hear the noise and yet I really try to [let it] roll off my back. At the end of the day, I believe the idea that what people think of you is none of your business [laughs]. Because if you can really live by that and really don’t worry about what other people think, then I think your happiness will double or triple. Some days it doesn’t work. But I’m getting better at it and you develop a thicker skin the longer you’re in this town.

Lathan is well aware of the compliments about her outer beauty, but says that’s not her focus:

It’s very flattering. But if you’re constantly getting your self-worth from the good, then how can you tune out the bad? For me, it’s about accepting it and being grateful for the compliments but still not letting it get to you or affect you in any kind of negative way.

Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy

She also opens up about her upcoming film, The Perfect Guy:

When this came to me a couple of years ago, it came as an idea and I loved the idea. It was kind of a throwback to Fatal Attraction, but the roles are reversed. I loved Fatal Attraction. Leah is a woman like so many women I know: a professional woman who’s very passionate about her job and she wants it all. She meets this charming, mesmerizing stranger and they have great chemistry, go on this whirlwind romance and one day he shows her something that makes her think he’s not as perfect as she thought.

On her approach to dating, she says:

I just think you’ve got to take your time. You can’t go around being paranoid and guarded, but I think that it is important to take your time because time will reveal [the true person]. I really believe that. But I also think women and men, when they like somebody, they tend to overlook the warning signs. People show you who they are right away. It’s about being really realistic with yourself and taking your time and also staying open. It’s important to stay open.

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