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...