As kids do, they're smart, and even if parents try to keep things away from them, conflict and issues and whatnot, kids pick up on what's happening.

My mom and dad, you're my heart, thank you for keeping me going all these years and never letting me give up.

For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory.

We don't have to push each other out of the way, because the universe will push us out of the way, or push us towards our goals when it's time.

If you have to go back through your day in your head, try to go back to only the good things. Look at those, and what you did well. Otherwise, life kind of passes you by.

In my experience, you get a job for a reason. Your work life happens for a reason.

As an actor - and I say actor, but actress or actor, whatever - I've had to learn to be very open about what I want. I ask for it, even if I may not get it. I feel like it's worth the ask.

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

Iraq will require US occupation of undetermined length.

I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world.

We go through transformations when we are dealing with this world (spirit world). Go out and find whatever makes your spirit at peace.

It's part of my job to maintain the emotional reality and the naturalism even when the atmosphere is contrived.

A shocked sense of justice has to be removed and justice restored.

The most amazing thing about young men is how invisible they were to you when you were young. It is also the most poignant.

I just play the little guy, except I play him through dance.

If the Black woman is a queen, and I believe that she is, why would I settle for something less than royal?

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.