As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I am the me I choose to be.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

The most important question I ever asked a priest was where are the Bingo Dobbers at?

Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

The first step to get people interested in history is to wonder how things could have been different.

Cable was a blessing for me. Thank god, I've done a show that's going to be iconic. So, if I screw up, it's all right because I already have something that's going to be iconic.

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story.

I don't know if I'm addicted to fame; fame is more of an unpleasant circumstance of an addiction to creativity.

For Death who takes what man would keep, Leaves what man would lose.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.