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

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 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 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 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.

One of them says, 'Why did they do it?'And the other answers, 'Because they could.'That is the only answer there ever is.

There are 2 types of people on face the difficulty, :1 - Damn it!2 - Challenge accepted!

Listen to others very carefully. Shut your inner noise and focus on verbal and non verbal cues.

You know." he said, resting the fiddle in his lap, "once you love something enough--enough to let it consume you completely--it becomes part of you, even when it's buried and quiet.

You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows.

You've got to have the guts not to be afraid to screw up.

A good picture, any picture, has to be bristling with razor blades.

They [Democrats] don't even want us around.

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

I've learned that everyone can do their part to repair the world