As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.

The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.

One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes.

I can only live in my truth.

To be silent is to be passive.

As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.

You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.

The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.

Music makes an otherwise ordinary activity quite enriching.

A decision is an action you must take when you have information so incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself.

The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.

being homosexual doesn't determine a man's whole character any more than being heterosexual does.

Ultimately, the goal of personal Bible study is a transformed life and a deep and abiding relationship with Jesus Christ.

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.

Mix your drinks, and it's best not to cry over spilt milk, but put it back in the bottle.

There are too many people sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully and finding out how we can infiltrate them.

When four or more men get together, they talk about sports.

Were I so tall as to reach the pole or grasp the ocean at a span, I must be measured by my soul. The mind is the standard of the man.