Q&A; Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith is Gloria the Hippo in the upcoming film Madagascar and the singer in her band Wicked Wisdom, which tours this summer.

You're not the first actress I think of to voice a massive amphibious mammal.

I just thought Gloria had a great attitude. She's very loyal. She's a take-charge kind of a girl. She can handle herself with all the boys. That would describe certain aspects of who I am.

How did you feel when a gay student group at Harvard called you "hetero-normative" for saying women can have both a devoted husband and a great career?

That's...

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