I quit my job and for almost two years I didn't tell anyone, not even my family or friends. And for those two years I enrolled in acting classes. I acted in some capacity every single day.

Every artist is a walking business. Your marketing tools are your headshots and your reel. That's what people see that's what your out there pushing trying to get a rep and that isn't easy.

At the end of the day, we're people and we should fight for each other and we should make sure the well-being of each one of us is taken care of.

I try to be as realistic as possible.

When you go out and audition, you're going to hear a lot of 'No's.' As weird as it may sound, you almost have to love hearing 'no' because you're going to hear it way more than you hear 'yes'.

As long as you're consistently working on your craft, your heart is in the right place, and you pair that with being smart on how you present yourself to people, opportunities will appear.

Ghana is one of the countries in Western Africa that still has quite a few of their slave castles still standing.

If you have HIV, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of. Get treatment and don't think that you're out of options or resources because you're not.

Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested.

As a young, Black man in America, I look out and (realize) that our community is the most affected by HIV.

HIV is not a death sentence. It doesn't mean life's over. It means that life's going to be different, but you still get to have those moments that people who don't have HIV experience.

Anger is a brief madness.

Not that I have anything against music now, but I just hated being an anything. I don't know why.

As a matter of fact I've been asked to come when I'm free to play at the White House.

It's easier to swoon in pious dreams Than do good actions.

That's the happiest I am, when I'm doing great work.

A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.

I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.

I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.