I personally feel like black people in America have contributed so much for so long, and haven't always gotten credit for it.

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!

Circumstances makes a thing poison or nectar. There is nothing absolute good or bad.

Disrespecting disrespect is not disrespect

I don’t really want fame and fortune

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.

I've learned in my career, it is much better to be recognized for all the great things you do on the field.

Give us a break! I've hardly done anything but independent films.

We're changing ourselves to fit the world instead of changing the world to fit women.

Fate is gonna find you in your glass of champagne.

To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.

Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a choice.