I love to sing. I'm definitely not a very good singer, but when I'm in my shower I get down for sure.

You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.

Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.

Now, perhaps more than ever, we need more and more examples of healing. We need to learn what it takes to heal.

Politically, nowadays, as we know and feel, we are similarly underrepresented and not heard.

I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.

The surgeries were the hardest scenes for me because it's literally balancing so many balls in the air, at the same time, and each surgery is different.

It is that rare film [Moonlight] that comes along once in a while that catches the zeitgeist. This movie is that. I certainly have my fingers crossed that it is. Everyone needs to see this movie.

I want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.

I am also producing and writing a bunch.

[Theater] has always been a big focus. I have been away from it for the past few years. I want to get back to it!

Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love

To make a crooked stick straight we bend it the contrary way.

I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny, but it hasn't come out yet.

I think fear is a very healthy motivator.

A good actor makes clear the meaning of the words. A better actor gives also the emotion of the part. The best actor adds emotion of which the character is unconscious.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

I'm a born - again atheist.

I feel more comfortable with myself now. I don't know if I feel sexier. I feel more whole.

Stop trying to make this life into what it cannot and never was intended to be: jennah. Only then will it stop breaking your heart.

We examine and highlight the history of the African descendants in America, and know that each and every one of us has come this far because of our faith in this country.