I really got attracted to the idea of touching so many people and that idea of art transcending entertainment and art and activism being synonymous.

I've worked so hard to just be my full self and God has just validated me in so many ways.

I feel responsible to know what I'm talking about and to actually express myself the way I choose. We have to put those messages on a global platform period. That, to me, is inspiring.

I just owe it to myself, to God and to everybody who supports me and people who don't even know me yet, to just be fully intentional and authentically real with everything I do, say and create.

I try to be as intentional as possible.

People respect us, they love us and they're entertained by us, so it's like when you trust somebody on that level, it's a lot easier to speak some real knowledge into their minds.

As a young, Black man, I absolutely feel responsible.

Everyone has a platform, so if we could just use that and combine what we have and know -we talk about it in private - we might as well talk about it [publicly] together.

I think that's really the allure of acting for me. I really want to connect with people.

I really wanted to be a part of that movement or better yet create that movement.

I started in this industry [television] as a kid doing commercials. Ever since I was introduced to it, I loved it.

The past only has power over you when it's forgotten... ignored or repressed.

I used to hate looking at my markings. But the captain taught me they don't mean anything. Because I'm more than the sum of my mistakes.

Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.

In order to succeed, you can't be afraid to fail. Just do it and don't let anybody tell you you can't.

As a woman, when you embrace where you are in life, then I think the struggle [life] isn't so hard. If you're 42 and still think you're an ingenue, then you've got a problem.

How enriched life is by friends! Good friends, new friends, old friends, feathered friends, feline friends, friends of friends.

In love, each man is his own personal challenge.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

Writing is a great love of mine.

It seems like a lot when you have three movies back to back but that's not really how it is.